<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>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>