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I remember reading that SALLY HEMINGS was of a comely nature. 
John Philip Adams
Texas

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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Stephan A. Schwartz
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Subject: Language

Jeffery --

On what factual basis do you justify as a historian describing Sally  
Hemmings as being of a low and sleazy character? Because she was a  
slave? That is absurd, and a contradiction of the known facts. And on  
what basis do you believe her to be repugnantly filthy and squalid?  
Just as I said, when you strip away the provocative offensive  
language you see the paucity of scholarship. Research is, or at least  
should aspire to be, based on data not attitude.

-- Stephan


On 15 May 2008, at 18:11, [log in to unmask] wrote:

> 2slang : of low or sleazy  character


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