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Thomas Jefferson

The author of 'all men are created equal'—who owned 130 people when he died.

The author of 'all men are created equal'—who owned 130 people when he died. Thomas Jefferson's complex legacy, from the Declaration of Independence to the contradictions of slavery and liberty.

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