At first I was surprised about how in-depth Jefferson made this report. These classes are uncommon subjects, but Jefferson still found them important to the University. He could have just easily said general subject fields, but he listed every little detail he could think of. However, I shouldn't be necessarily surprised either because Jefferson did take pages to answer a fairly simple question in Query XIV: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/JEFFERSON/ch14.html

Here again he went into every little detail. -Alexa Bartels

While the University of Virginia was established on the foundation of freedom and equality, Thomas Jefferson used slave labor to build and maintain grounds. It is clear that Thomas Jefferson valued freedom for all, not just at UVA, as he drafted the Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom. He writes "all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion." I question Jefferson's justification for promoting religious freedom while also supporting the discrimination based on the color of someone's skin. -Alexa Bartels