“To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 20 December 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/po7w. … I will now add what I do not like. First the omission of a bill of
“An Act for establishing religious Freedom.” Encyclopedia Virginia, Primary Documents. https://teachingamericanhistory.org/96jb. Section I. Well aware that the opinions and belief of men depend not on their own will, but follow involuntarily the
Nowhere were the novel, and transcendental, implications of the Declaration so visible as in Jefferson’s attempt to include a denunciation of slavery.
“From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Lee, 8 May 1825,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://teachingamericanhistory.org/zskl. [This is an abridged version of the document.] [W]ith respect to our rights, and the acts of
