an overreach of his presidential powers that doubled the size of the United States and led to the expansion of slavery, making civil war virtually inevitable. “Thomas Jefferson’s aspirations ...

Both men were Northerners. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington hailed from Virginia and considered slavery an “evil” practice, but owned hundreds of them. George Washington wrote his will ...

Speakers at the "Beyond Slavery" conference spoke on the following topics related to sexual violence in the era of slavery and Jim Crow. The story of Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson's enslaved lover ...

Of all his writings, Thomas Jefferson's most famous and far-reaching was undoubtedly his draft of the Declaration of Independence. Although the issue of slavery was widely debated -- both the ...

Both men were Northerners. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington hailed from Virginia and considered slavery an “evil” practice, but owned hundreds of them. George Washington left slaves for ...

Still, he also made 1803's so-called Louisiana Purchase from France, an overreach of his presidential powers that doubled the size of the United States and led to the expansion of slavery, making ...