Sally Hemings only had children 9 months after she was in close
proximity to Jefferson; she never had children when she was not close to
Jefferson for more than 9 months.To believe your theory, you would have
to believe that whenever Thomas Jefferson was away from Monticello that
Sally Hemings remained celebate, but as soon as Thomas was around, she
immediately had sex with one of his relatives. I can see it now, TJ
arrived in Va after weeks or months in Philadelphia or Washington, and
immediately contacts his Uncle Fields and say, "hey, Uncle Fields, come
on over and visit Sally, now that I am home." Do you really believe
this? If you believe this, then I am sure you would be interested in
the bridge I have for sale.
But, assume you are right. Sally is Jefferson's half-sister-in-law. No
one doubts that Sally is the daughter of John Wayles and Bette Hemings.
So, Thomas owns his half-sister-in-law. Furthermore, if the children
were fathered by TJ's male relatives then they are his neices and
nephews or cousins. So, both by blood (through the father) and by
marriage (through his marraige to Martha Wayles Skelton) Sally's
children are his relatives. So, here we have a man who owns his double
relatives as slaves.
Now maybe that is the role model for Senator Allen!
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Kathleen Much wrote:
>Whoa, whoa, whoa. PLEASE don't let us rehash the Jefferson/Hemings
>claims and counter-claims. For the record, the original headline
>accusing Thomas Jefferson of siring Sally Hemings's children was NOT
>supported by evidence in the _Nature_ article itself and was retracted
>by the journal. I recommend that anyone wishing to weigh in on the
>subject read the whole article first.
>
>All anyone can say from the DNA evidence is that SOME Jefferson male,
>possibly Thomas or his nephew, sired ONE of Sally's children. Beyond
>that, all is speculation.
>
>Now let's return the list to other historical topics.
>
>Kathleen Much
>The Book Doctor
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