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Thomas Jefferson is remembered for authoring the Declaration of Independence, but during the American Revolutionary War he also served as Virginia’s second governor. While governor during a revolution, he contended with a British Invasion of Virginia and the moving of the state capital. 

In this live conversation, Thomas Jefferson, as interpreted by Bill Barker, reflects on his time as governor of Virginia.

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