By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Smith Collection/Gado/The New York Public Library Thomas Jefferson, the second President of the United States, addressed officials of the United States Congress on December 2, 1804. Jefferson (a former slave owner himself) pleaded with members of the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate to put an […]
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