Thomas Jefferson at Monticello: Prestige, Power and the “Peculiar Institution” of Slavery |
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Leslie Greene Bowman, President, Thomas Jefferson Foundation
Leslie Greene Bowman will discuss Thomas Jefferson’s commitment to the arts as central to his advancement of a fledgling United States, and as a means by which he advanced power and prestige while relying upon and yet deploring the “peculiar institution” of slavery. Bowman will excerpt images and ideas from a book she has just produced with Rizzoli, entitled Thomas Jefferson at Monticello: Architecture, Landscape, Collections, Books, Food, Wine. |