Notes on the State of Virginia

An Annotated Edition

Notes on the State of Virginia
Thomas Jefferson, Robert Pierce Forbes
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Paperback
h24 x 16mm - 408pg
14 Jun 2022 US
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9780300226874
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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.
"The new standard edition of Jefferson' s Notes. Forbes' s careful reproduction of textual alterations provides a unique window into the meticulous composition of Notes and thereby into the mind of its author. "-Philipp Ziesche, Papers of Benjamin Franklin at Yale University "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 "A tour de force. To paraphrase Chief Justice John Marshall' s description of the Constitution in McColloch v. Md, ' This [book is]. . . intended to endure for ages to come. ' "-Paul Finkelman, Gratz College "Comprehensive, exhaustive, astounding in its depth and understanding of the man and his times, this annotated edition is essential reading for anyone interested in Jefferson and his Notes. "-Lucian K. Truscott IV, journalist and Jefferson descendant
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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ISBN-13: 9780300226874
Published: 14 Jun 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Yale University Press
Publisher: Yale University Press
Format: Paperback
Height: 24mm
Width: 16mm
Pages: 408

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