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Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. — Thomas Jefferson

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Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.

Thomas Jefferson
Notes on the State of Virginia · 1785
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Topic
Slavery
Genre
Political literature
Time
1785American Revolutionary Period
Person
Thomas Jefferson
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Current citation
Jefferson, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia, edited by Frank Shuffelton. Penguin Classics, 1998, query 18.
Original citation
Jefferson, Thomas [published anonymously]. Notes on the State of Virginia. Paris: Philippe Denis Pierres, 1785, query 18.

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