Understanding Thomas JeffersonHarper Collins, 13.10.2009 - 304 Seiten Recent biographies of Thomas Jefferson have stressed the sphinxlike puzzles of his character—famous champion of freedom yet lifelong slaveholder, foe of miscegenation yet secret lover of a beautiful slave for 30 years, aristocrat yet fervent advocate of government by the people. E. M. Halliday's absorbing and lucid portrait recognizes these and other puzzles about this great founder, but shows us how understandable they can be in light of his personal and social circumstances. Halliday takes readers deep into Jefferson's private life—exploring his childhood, his literary taste, and his unconventional religious thinking and moral philosophy. Here, too, are his adamant opinions on women, the evolution of his ideas on democracy and freedom of expression, and fresh insights into his relationship with Sally Hemings. |
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... wrote her sister. “He is one of the choice ones of the earth.”) On top of this, Patsy Jefferson was now installed in one of the best boarding schools in Paris (run by the nuns of a prominent convent), so that her father hardly saw her ...
... wrote Page, “This, to be sure, would take us two or three years and if we should not both be cured of love in that time I think the devil would be in it.” But in the end reality prevailed over fantasy, as usual. A profile silhouette ...
... wrote to William Fleming, another college friend: “Well, the lord bless her [Rebecca] I say! . . . Many and great are the comforts of a single state, and neither of the reasons you urge [to marry] can have any influence with the ...
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13 | |
Unchequered Happiness | 29 |
4 | 56 |
5 | 62 |
Sunny Interlude | 70 |
End of an Affair | 81 |
8 | 97 |
On the Bridge of the Ship of State | 124 |
The Heart of the Matter | 180 |
14 | 211 |
15 | 220 |
16 | 240 |
11 | 251 |
Slave Masterand Racist | 260 |
Acknowledgments | 269 |
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