Jefferson, Thomas

has biography | a une biographie: American politician, slave-owner, principal author of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Between 1785 and 1789, Jefferson replaced Benjamin Franklin as United States Ambassador to France. Even though he wrote in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal”, Thomas Jefferson enslaved more than 600 people during his life. DNA analysis confirmed that he had several children with Sally Hemings, one of his enslaved servants, whom he never recognized during his lifetime, but who were the only enslaved people he ever freed.
was born | est né: 13 April 1743
died in | est mort par: 4 July 1826
has nationality | a la nationalité: United States of America
has type | est de type: depicted

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Statue of Thomas Jefferson, Paris