Founding Fathers

“Master of the Mountain”: The real truth about Thomas Jefferson

Forget Sally Hemings -- a historian discovers the ugliest side of a founding father in his ledgers

Laura Miller 60 Topics: Founding Fathers, slavery, Editor's Picks, History, What to Read, American History, Race, Books, Thomas Jefferson

Unlike today's leaders, the authors of the Declaration understood that "American exceptionalism" had to be earned

Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg 61 Topics: American History, Founding Fathers, Declaration of Independence, Fourth of July