(028178) Kennedy, Roger G. Mr. Jefferson's Lost Cause: Land, Farmers, Slvery, And The Louisiana Purchase. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2003. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 8vo. 350 pages. Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. Thomas Jefferson advocated a republic of small farmers. Yet as president he presided over a massive expansion of the slaveholding plantation system, squeezing the yeomanry to the fringes and to less desirable farmland. The author examines the gap between Jefferson's stated aspirations and what actually happened ISBN: 0195153472 (Jefferson, Thomas, Slavery, Plantation Owners, Family Farms)
