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Hace 1 día · Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 [b] – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
19 de may. de 2024 · Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States, who also drafted the Declaration of Independence and served as the first secretary of state. As president, he was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase. He was also the founder and architect of the University of Virginia.
3 de may. de 2024 · Writing in 1941, the historian Joseph Clarke Robert described the 1832 debate in Virginia as the “final and most brilliant of the Southern attempts to abolish slavery.” That it ended in what was largely the status quo did not seem to overly concern pro-emancipationists such as Thomas Jefferson Randolph.
15 de may. de 2024 · Thomas Jefferson comenzó su educación bajo la dirección de tutores en Tuckahoe, junto a los hijos de Randolph. En 1752, comenzó a asistir a una escuela local dirigida por un ministro...
Hace 3 días · Thomas Jefferson's grandson, Thomas Jefferson Randolph, led the losing faction in the Virginia legislature. Their proposed bill would have freed all children born of slave parents after July 4, 1840. Thomas R. Dew opposed it; his book, Review of the Debate in the Virginia Legislature, was influential in its defeat. It failed by one vote.
7 de may. de 2024 · The death of Virginia Senator John Randolph in 1833 set off a legal battle that would have lasting ramifications. Randolph, a cousin of Thomas Jefferson, stipulated in his will that 383 of his enslaved people be freed, in one of the largest and most publicized manumissions in American history.
3 de may. de 2024 · In 1814, a group of Virginians that included Jefferson’s nephew Peter Carr and his son-in-law Thomas Mann Randolph approached him about serving as a trustee for a public secondary school, to be named the Albemarle Academy. Jefferson accepted and then solidified his existing design concept with a series of drawings.
