Thomas Jefferson, who owned over 600 enslaved people and freed almost none, served as governor, minister to France, secretary of state, vice president, and president (1801), and doubled the size of the United States through the Louisiana Purchase, which he accomplished by paying Napoleon a sum of money.
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He owned more than 600 human beings in his lifetime.
He freed almost none of them.
He served as governor, minister to France, secretary of state, vice president, and then in 1801, president.
He doubled the [music] size of the country with a stroke of the pen and a payment to Napoleon.
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