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EVENT DETAILS

Despite his reputation as the most articulate voice of American freedom, Thomas Jefferson has come to be recognized as a hypocritical Founding Father who represented ideals of liberty while simultaneously owning slaves. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed and premiere Jefferson scholar Peter S. Onuf provide a revealing study of the complex, contradictory character, tracing his development and clarifying Jeffersonian philosophy.

Annette Gordon-Reed is Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School and the author of the National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Hemingses of Monticello. Peter S. Onuf is Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Professor Emeritus at the University of Virginia. They are the co-authors of “Most Blessed of the Patriarchs”: Thomas Jefferson and the Empire of the Imagination.

LOCATION

The Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024

STANDBY TICKETS

This program has reached capacity. There will be a standby line the evening of the program. One hour before the program begins, we will begin handing out standby numbers with members receiving priority. Shortly before the program begins, we would begin selling tickets if we are able to do so. Standby does not guarantee admission.

Advance purchase is required to guarantee seating. All sales are final and payments cannot be refunded. No exchanges are permitted. Programs and dates may be subject to change. Management reserves the right to refuse admission to latecomers.