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Notes on the State of Virginia by Thomas Jefferson
A compendium of information about the state and a commentary on natural history, society, politics, education, religion, slavery, liberty and law. It is a foundational text on racism; in Notes, Jefferson defines African Americans as inferior to whites.
See: https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/notes-on-the-state-of-virginia-1785
Entire document: https://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbcb.04902/?st=gallery
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