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The Founding of Thomas Jefferson's University
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Pages: 389
Authors: John A. Ragosta
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-10 - Publisher: University of Virginia Press

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Established in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the University of Virginia was known as "The University" throughout the South for most of the nineteenth century, and t
God on the Grounds
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Pages: 334
Authors: Harry Y. Gamble
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-21 - Publisher: University of Virginia Press

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Free-thinking Thomas Jefferson established the University of Virginia as a secular institution and stipulated that the University should not provide any instruc
The Illimitable Freedom of the Human Mind
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Authors: Andrew J. O’Shaughnessy
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-28 - Publisher: University of Virginia Press

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Already renowned as a statesman, Thomas Jefferson in his retirement from government turned his attention to the founding of an institution of higher learning. N
Rot, Riot, and Rebellion
Language: en
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Authors: Rex Bowman
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Thomas Jefferson had a radical dream for higher education. Designed to become the first modern public university, the University of Virginia was envisioned as a
Educated in Tyranny
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Authors: Maurie D. McInnis
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From the University of Virginia’s very inception, slavery was deeply woven into its fabric. Enslaved people first helped to construct and then later lived in