Thomas Jefferson

<p>Thomas Jefferson’s <em>Declaration of Independence</em> announced a new epoch in world history, transforming a provincial tax revolt into a great struggle to liberate humanity from the tyrannies of the past.</p>

<p>When the leading European naturalist visited America and met with Thomas Jefferson, it had a profound impact on the young nation.</p>

<p>Important new information on the central figure in the early American republic has surfaced with the publication of new volumes of Jefferson's journals and correspondence.</p>

<p>The black naturalist, astronomer, surveyor, and almanac-writer Benjamin Banneker took issue with Thomas Jefferson’s attitude toward “those of my complexion.”</p>