Yet the hour of emancipation is advancing, in the march of time. It will come. - Thomas Jefferson

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Yet the hour of emancipation is advancing, in the march of time. It will come.

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About Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson (13 April 1743 – 4 July 1826) was author of the Declaration of Independence (1776) and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1777), founder of the University of Virginia (1819), the third president of the United States (1801–1809), a political philosopher, editor of Jefferson's Bible (1819), and one of the most influential founders of the United States.

Biography information from Wikiquote · Portrait adapted from Wikimedia Commons, Rembrandt Peale (Public domain / CC0)

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Alternative Names: President Jefferson T. Jefferson

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