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Cemetery for enslaved people rediscovered at Andrew Jackson’s Tennessee plantation
Long-obscured and forgotten, the burial plots of more than two dozen people enslaved by the seventh president of the US are ...
‘Thomas Jefferson’ Review: A Full Portrait of the Founder
A six-part History Channel documentary offers a clear-eyed view of Jefferson’s flaws, contradictions and triumphs.
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Taking the kids: Considering the contributions of Black people’s work during Black History Month
What’s your definition of work? Ask the kids and they might say homework or chores, maybe a part-time job for teens. Today’s ...
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One of the most important chefs in American history was a founding father’s slave
Harvard professor and historian Annette Gordon Reed said in an interview published at Monticello.org. “You get a sense of the tragedy of slavery, and the tragedy of white supremacy, because ...
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One of the most important chefs in American history was a founding father’s slave
(Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images) Back in America, Hemings cooked for Jefferson and his guests at his residences in New York, Philadelphia and in Jefferson’s Virginia home at Monticello. It ...