Notes on the State of Virginia: An Annotated Edition - Paperback
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Thomas Jefferson, Robert Pierce ForbesPublish date:2022-06-07Pages:408
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300226874ISBN-10:030022687XUPC:9780300226874Book Category:History, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:United States, LettersBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775), Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)Size:9.13 x 6.06 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1Product ID:SCJ4GTM0Y2
The first edition of Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia to be based on both the 1785 first edition and the original manuscript "Forbes provides excellent context for Jefferson's writing of the Notes, exploring in depth the most controversial passages concerning race and slavery. This, along with careful editing of the text, allows scholars to appreciate and engage with the Notes in new ways."--Frank Cogliano, University of Edinburgh Thomas Jefferson's Notes on the State of Virginia has been called the most important book written in America before 1800. In the first edition to be based on both the 1785 first edition and the original manuscript, Robert Pierce Forbes uncovers Jefferson's extensive revisions, situating the work in the context of transatlantic debates over slavery and shedding new light on Jefferson's shocking disparagement of African Americans. This comprehensive annotated edition is a rich and valuable study of the work that catapulted the once little-known former governor and diplomat to international fame.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300226874ISBN-10:030022687XUPC:9780300226874Book Category:History, Literary CollectionsBook Subcategory:United States, LettersBook Topic:Colonial Period (1600-1775), Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)Size:9.13 x 6.06 x 1.18 inchesWeight:1Product ID:SCJ4GTM0Y2
Robert Pierce Forbes taught U.S. history at the University of Connecticut and was the founding associate director of Yale's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. He is the author of The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath: Slavery and the Meaning of America. He lives in New Haven, CT.
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