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Thomas Jefferson and James Madison on Religious Freedom
| - | Jefferson, Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom in Virginia, 1779 |
| - | Madison, Memorial and Remonstrance against religious Assessments, to the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1785 |
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Jefferson:
https://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/sacred/
vaact_draft_1779.html
Madison:
https://religiousfreedom.lib.virginia.edu/sacred/
madison_m&r_1785.html
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Online
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| The Religious Freedom Page, University of Virginia
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Printing
| If you choose to print these texts:
- Print directly from the sites.
- Length: 7 pages.
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Supplemental
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The Church-State Debate: Virginia, from the Library of Congress (scroll down)
Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, and Freedom of Religion, from PBS Church vs. State (scroll down)
Brief overview of Jefferson's Bill, from ReligiousTolerance.org
Jefferson's "wall of separation" letter to the Danbury Baptists, 1802, from the Library of Congress
Jefferson's "moral sense" letter to his nephew, 1787 (religion and morality, faith and reason), from freethought-web.org
James Madison's letter to Edward Livingston, 1822, on church-state separation, from The Founders' Constitution
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