Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Equality
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April 13, 2010 was Thomas Jefferson's 267th birthday. As his gravestone reminds us, Jefferson wanted to be remembered as the father of the University of Virginia and the author of two works: the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom and the Declaration of Independence. Today we remember Jefferson first for the Declaration and its resounding proclamation that "all men are created equal."
But Thomas Jefferson is also the author of another statement, one that is much
less public:
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