Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was a proponent of open migration. But who qualified as a refugee?

Understanding the meaning of the word "slut" in the Founders' vocabulary.

Thomas Jefferson imagines an unequal gender utopia.

Jefferson and his connection to partisanship in early America.

Jefferson revised the Gospels to make Jesus more reasonable, and lost the power of his story.

Jefferson envisioned land-use policies that he hoped would mitigate epidemics – and other urban evils.

Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence announced a new epoch in world history, transforming a provincial tax revolt into a great struggle to liberate humanity.

Four new books show how different, and maybe also why.

It's a myth that the Founders opposed the regulation of deadly weapons.

One emphasized the freedom to think; the other, in effect, the freedom to pray.

A Pulitzer historian assesses what we are to make of UVA’s founder, 200 years hence.

New exhibits put slavery at the center of Monticello's story, and make it clear that Jefferson was the father of Hemings' children.

The burning of Washington presented an opportunity for Jefferson’s books to educate the nation by becoming a national library.

The resurgence of the debate over the Sage of Monticello's legacy: Is Jefferson the ultimate patriot or ultimate hypocrite?

Annette Gordon-Reed explores the ways in which the many paradoxes of Jefferson make him a potent figure for racists and anti-racists alike.

Jefferson had a complicated relationship with white supremacy.

Archaeologists have uncovered the slave quarters of Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello mansion.

A madman versus a crook? Unexpected twists? Fake news? Welcome to the election of 1800.

The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson was not then credited with its authorship.

An interview with Annette Gordon-Reed and Peter S. Onuf.