Thomas Jefferson at Monticello: Prestige, Power and the “Peculiar Institution” of Slavery

Leslie Greene Bowman, President, Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Leslie Greene Bowman will discuss Thomas Jefferson’s commitment to the arts as central to his advancement of a fledgling United States, and as a means by which he advanced power and prestige while relying upon and yet deploring the “peculiar institution” of slavery. Bowman will excerpt images and ideas from a book she has just produced with Rizzoli, entitled Thomas Jefferson at Monticello: Architecture, Landscape, Collections, Books, Food, Wine.