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Jefferson on race

In *Notes on the State of Virginia*, Jefferson advanced racist claims about supposed natural differences and inferior abilities of Black people. In Query XIV he called this only his “suspicion,” not a scientifically demonstrated conclusion; these claims reflect racial pseudoscience, not modern knowledge. [1–3]

AI-згенерована синтетична бонусна ілюстрація книги та пера; не фото конкретного примірника чи документальний доказ. Prompt: “A non-photorealistic archival illustration for a history article about Thomas Jefferson's racist pseudoscientific assertions in Notes on the State of Virginia: an open 18th century printed book with an elegant but unsettling marginal diagram and quill, sober library desk, no legible text, no stereotyped imagery or racist caricatures, sepia engraved style, intellectually critical tone.”

AI-згенерована синтетична бонусна ілюстрація книги та пера; не фото конкретного примірника чи документальний доказ. Prompt: “A non-photorealistic archival illustration for a history article about Thomas Jefferson's racist pseudoscientific assertions in Notes on the State of Virginia: an open 18th century printed book with an elegant but unsettling marginal diagram and quill, sober library desk, no legible text, no stereotyped imagery or racist caricatures, sepia engraved style, intellectually critical tone.”