> "Nevertheless, Ms. Hemmings seemed to pop out  babies from among her
> "homies" in the slave population left and right,
> not apparently knowing exactly who the fathers were in most cases. "
>
> --------------
> The above statement is totally unnecessary. Until now, I thought Yojsouth
> was being "evil treated" by this list. I am not a fan of the politically
> correct, and I don't have any particular knowledge about Sally Hemmings
> personal hygiene or relationships with men.
>
> However, as a woman, I resent the above quoted statement. No woman should
> be referred to in this manner - regardless of the parentage of the
> children.
>
> Yojsouth has made a nasty statement, and my Grandmother would have whipped
> him with a hairbrush for such a crude comment.  Nasty, nasty, nasty!
> Politcal correctness and/or historical accuracy have nothing to do with
> it.  This is simply
> ill-bred nasty talk.
>
> Elizabeth C. Kambourian


The females in our families were of like mind. My mother would have washed
his mouth out with Octagon soap and sent him to the yard to cut a switch.

---
Ann Avery Hunter
A Richmonder who lives in Winston-Salem, NC

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