Time: 7 p.m.
Monday, February 20 (Presidents' Day)
7 p.m.
Alumni Hall, Johnson Student Union at Gustavus Adolphus College
Lecture is free and open to the public.
Thomas Jefferson has been called the "Apostle of Liberty" because he was the author of the Declaration of Independence and supported religious liberty in Virginia. But he also owned many hundreds of enslaved African Americans throughout his adult life, including some of his own children, and he articulated "scientific" claims that Blacks could never be equal to Whites. So, how do we understand the third President. Should we revere him, hold up our hands in horror, or both? This lecture will explore these issues.
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