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Article: Negro President: Jefferson and the Slave Power.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)

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NEGRO PRESIDENT: JEFFERSON AND THE SLAVE POWER. Garry Wills. 2003. Read by the author. 6 tapes. 8.75 hrs. Recorded Books. #97512.1-4025-5993-3. $54.00. Vinyl; content, author notes. SA

Oftentimes the author of a good book narrates his or her own material with disastrous results. This, however, is not one of those instances. Garry Wills has compiled a mountain of research on a subject that he readily admits is a favorite, and condenses it ...

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