Notes on the State of Virginia
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Notes on the State of Virginia is Thomas Jefferson’s detailed 18th-century survey of Virginia’s geography, natural resources, society, politics, and laws, and his only full-length published book.
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book
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nonfiction book → political treatise → |
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Thomas Jefferson
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| contains |
arguments for religious liberty
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critiques of slavery → demographic data → maps and geographical descriptions → statistical tables → |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| describedAs |
Thomas Jefferson’s only full-length book
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English
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| firstEditionPlace |
Paris
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| genre |
natural history
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political philosophy → travel literature → |
| hasNotableFeature |
combination of scientific observation and political reflection
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detailed empirical description of a U.S. state → early articulation of Jefferson’s political ideas → |
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agrarianism
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republicanism → |
| influenced |
American political thought
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debates on slavery in the United States → discussions of church–state relations in America → |
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English
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| mainSubject |
Virginia
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geography of Virginia → laws of Virginia → natural resources of Virginia → politics of Virginia → society of Virginia → |
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23
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| publicationDate |
1785
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| structure |
series of responses to queries
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| topic |
Native American cultures
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agriculture in Virginia → climate of Virginia → constitution and government of Virginia → economy of Virginia → education → flora and fauna of Virginia → race → religious freedom → separation of church and state → slavery in Virginia → |
| writtenByPositionHolder |
Thomas Jefferson as U.S. minister to France
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| writtenDuring |
American Revolutionary era
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Everson v. Board of Education
("writings of Thomas Jefferson")
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Thomas Jefferson
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