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The complex relationship between Thomas Jefferson and slavery has been extensively studied and debated by his biographers and by scholars of slavery. Throughout his life, Jefferson owned hundreds of African-American slaves acquired by inheritance, marriage, births of slaves, and trade. Starting in 1767 at the age of twenty-one, Jefferson inherited 5,000 acres of land and fifty-two slaves by his father's will. In 1768 Jefferson began construction of his Monticello plantation.

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  • The complex relationship between Thomas Jefferson and slavery has been extensively studied and debated by his biographers and by scholars of slavery. Throughout his life, Jefferson owned hundreds of African-American slaves acquired by inheritance, marriage, births of slaves, and trade. Starting in 1767 at the age of twenty-one, Jefferson inherited 5,000 acres of land and fifty-two slaves by his father's will. In 1768 Jefferson began construction of his Monticello plantation.
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