Thomas Jefferson and the Fight against Slavery

Winner: Herbert J. Storing Book Prize

Finalist, Center for Presidential History Book Prize

Runner-Up, Journal of American History Book of the Year Award

In this groundbreaking work, Cara Rogers Stevens examines the fascinating life of Thomas Jefferson’s book, Notes on the State of Virginia, from its innocuous composition in the early 1780s to its use as a political weapon by both pro- and antislavery...