In the book, The "Hemingses of Monticello:  An American Family", the  author 
makes one point abundantly clear regarding slaves, a point that is  totally 
obvious when understood.  No matter what the personal or  family  relationship, 
one fact remains  totally dominate, a slave was  a slave weather it was on a 
personal level, a family level or a societal   level. No other relationship 
changed that overriding fact in the least. 
Charles Layne
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