{"product_id":"notes-on-the-state-of-virginia-an-annotated-edition-9780300226874","title":"Notes on the State of Virginia: An Annotated Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe first edition of Thomas Jefferson's \u003ci\u003eNotes on the State of Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e to be based on both the 1785 first edition and the original manuscript\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Forbes provides excellent context for Jefferson's writing of the \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e, exploring in depth the most controversial passages concerning race and slavery. This, along with careful editing of the text, allows scholars to appreciate and engage with the \u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e in new ways.\"--Frank Cogliano, University of Edinburgh\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Thomas Jefferson's \u003ci\u003eNotes on the State of Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e has been called the most important book written in America before 1800. In the first edition to be based on both the 1785 first edition and the original manuscript, Robert Pierce Forbes uncovers Jefferson's extensive revisions, situating the work in the context of transatlantic debates over slavery and shedding new light on Jefferson's shocking disparagement of African Americans. This comprehensive annotated edition is a rich and valuable study of the work that catapulted the once little-known former governor and diplomat to international fame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Pierce Forbes\u003c\/b\u003e taught U.S. history at the University of Connecticut and was the founding associate director of Yale's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath: Slavery and the Meaning of America\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New Haven, CT.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50383134458130,"sku":"9780300226874","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9e51a2e9-6932-4c89-a7cd-1c1d47fbf7a4.jpg?v=1728779184","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/notes-on-the-state-of-virginia-an-annotated-edition-9780300226874","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}