Early life and career of Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, was involved in politics from his early adult years. This article covers his early life and career, through his writing the Declaration of Independence, participation in the American Revolutionary War, serving as governor of Virginia, and election and service as VicePresident to President John Adams.

In an 18thcentury Presidential campaign, someone speaking against Jeffersons candidacy and in favor of that of John Adams accused Jefferson of being half Injun, half nigger, half Frenchman and born to a mulatto father or slave and a halfbreed Indian squaw, this birth to a mulatto and an Indian allegedly wellknown in the neighbourhood where he was raised but otherwise unproven.

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