On July 31, 1814, Edward Coles, a Virginian from a slave owning family who became an abolitionist, wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson. Coles appealed to the elder statesman's long and very public stance on human rights to suggest a plan to emancipate enslaved people or write some paper that would guide future Americans to end slavery. Jefferson responded a month later. Here's his letter.

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