"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of ...

"Race did not spread because it was scientifically persuasive. It spread because it served very human interests." ...

Heartland’s Tim Benson is joined by Cara Rogers Stevens, associate professor of history at Ashland University, to discuss her book Thomas Jefferson and the Fight against Slavery. They chat about the ...

Thomas Jefferson loved vanilla ice cream. Few did as much as Jefferson to popularize it in the United States. So great was his love for the dessert that his recipe for it is the first known one ...

“All men are created equal,” wrote slaveholder Thomas Jefferson, in words that have been a source of consternation ever since. That was less true, perhaps, for a significant group of Black ...

Thomas Jefferson owned more than 600 slaves over the course of his life, and through research, a more complete picture is emerging of the third president of the United States. Six additional ...

Did Thomas Jefferson dream of his enslaved concubine, Sally Hemings? No one knows. Jefferson himself never wrote a word about his constant companion of almost 40 years. But author Stephen O'Connor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A statue of Thomas Jefferson stands in front of the Rotunda at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va., on May 16, 2020 ...

For decades Thomas Jefferson "played both sides of the slavery question, maintaining his reputation as a liberal while doing nothing," writes Henry Wiencek, author of "Master of the Mountain: Thomas ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a young lawyer, the man who would become America’s third president defended freedom-seeking slaves, drafted legislation to ...

This work is based on the author's PhD dissertation "Jefferson's Sons: Notes on the State of Virginia and Virginian Antislavery, 1760-1832." "In this groundbreaking work, Cara Rogers examines the ...

The University of Virginia suspended a campus tour program that had been criticized for citing school founder Thomas Jefferson's ties to slavery, officials said Friday. The tours led by University ...