In defense of Thomas Jefferson : the Sally Hemings sex scandal
Destroys the myth that Thomas Jefferson had a relationship with his slave Sally Heming and concludes that Jefferson's younger brother, Randolph, is the most likely candidate to have fathered Hemings's children.
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New York :
Thomas Dunne Books,
2009.
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Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- James Callender : "human nature in a hideous form"
- Misleading DNA
- Sally Hemings and Randolph Jefferson : "the unknown brother"
- "An American in Paris"
- Timing and conception
- Carr brothers and other male Jeffersons
- Jefferson's declining health
- The scholars commission and the character issue
- Madison Hemings : gossip and hearsay
- Jefferson on trial
- Secret rooms and other Hollywood fantasies
- The Monticello report : a "rush to judgment"
- The Charlottesville connection : true believers
- The "Sally" books
- Jefferson under siege : "presentism"
- Final argument : an innocent man.