----- Original Message ----- From: "jporeilly1" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 5:39 PM Subject: Re: White slaves > I don't know! Maybe it's all a big lie. Did you ever think of > that? Do you really think a man of T.J's position would risk it > all to play with a (dime a dozen) slave girl? Get real. Think about > yourselves. Is > that stuff so sweet and so dear, that you would risk everything > you ever worked for, for your entire life? I know not what course you > boys may take, but as for me, .... Is that stuff really worth the risk > of losing everything? Wake up boys! You wouldn't do it and you know > T.J. wouldn't either! Now, then again, maybe his hot nephew might not be so > reluctant, huh? > > A Virginian > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Richard Dixon" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 5:18 PM > Subject: White slaves > > > > The assumption that Sally Hemings was the child of a black women and a > > white man seems accepted. Her children are also assumed to have been the > > children of a white man. Under the Virginia law at that time, they were > > white.Why then did Jefferson seek permission (also a requirement of > > statute) for Madison and Eston Hemings, freed under the terms of his will, > > to remain in Virginia. It was also provided by statute that the child of a > > slave women was born a slave, If the child were white and freed when an > > adult, why did he not become a "white man" and automatically divested of > > those requirements that control black freed slaves, i.e., leave the > > Commonwealth unless granted permission to stay by the General Assembly? > > > > > > Richard E. Dixon > > Clifton, VA 20124-2115 > > 703-830-8177 > > fax 703-691-0978 > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html