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If memory serves me correctly, the incident took place in Kentucky,
and the nephew in question, Lilburn Lewis, shot himself some few months
later. Even this he botched -- he and his brother Isham had made a
suicide pact, and Lilburn was in the midst of explaining to Isham how
to use a rifle. . . .
Cheers!
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From: paul finkelman [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2003 11:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Jefferson nephew chops a Black man to pieces
This is all true and well known to historians. See the book "Jefferson's Nephews"
(Author's name slips my mind); it it truly horrible. I am no fan of Jefferson
(See my book, Slavery and the Founders: Race and Liberty in the Age of
Jefferson); but we certainly cannot blame TJ for the sins and misdeeds of his
relatives.
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