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Thomas Jefferson's Education, Hardback Book

Thomas Jefferson's Education Hardback

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By turns entertaining and tragic, this beautifully crafted history reveals the origins of a great university in the dilemmas of Virginia slavery.

Thomas Jefferson shares centre stage with his family and fellow planters, all dependent on the labour of enslaved black families.

With a declining Virginia yielding to commercially vibrant northern states, in 1819 Jefferson proposed to build a university to educate and improve the sons of the planter elite.

He hoped they might one day lead a revitalised Virginia free of slavery—and free of the former slaves. Jefferson’s campaign was a contest for the future of a state and the larger nation.

Although he prevails, Jefferson’s vision of reform through education is hobbled by the actions of genteel students with a defiant sense of honour derived from owning slaves.

It is the women of this hypermasculine society who redeem the best elements of his legacy.

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