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The Colonial Elite

Thomas Jefferson, by Charles Willson Peale, 1791

Thomas Jefferson, by Charles Willson Peale, 1791

Thomas Jefferson, along with George Washington and Robert E. Lee, epitomizes the American gentry class in the South.

Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

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