-----Original Message----- From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Herbert Barger Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:15 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [VA-HIST] Brent Staples NYT "again" "bad mouthing" Thomas Jefferson I note that Brent Staples at NYT is at it again, stating that Thomas Jefferson fathered slave children. He has NO proof of it and just seems to go back to the earlier NYT articles when the media was believing the Nature article. Why does he not go to the Scholar's Commission Report (www.tjheritage.org) and read the truth about the study.....NO proof of TJ fathering slave children? In my opinion, he needs to drag it out again every time he writes a slavery or African American story. Herb Barger -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of S. Corneliussen Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 1:14 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] NY Times essay For Brent Staples to presume the Hemings-TJ paternity is nothing new. He mentions it at a rate of once per year or two or so. In my view, what he wrote today about the Loving case, however, merits attention. It also seems to me that what Jon Kukla contributed about General John Hartwell Cocke may merit attention too, though I note that Cyndi Burton's book also has some interesting things to say about that. What I, for one, believe does not merit any bandwidth is a resumption of what Brent Tarter recently called "the annual shouting match about Thomas Jefferson and sex and race." Thanks. Steve Corneliussen ______________________________________ 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 ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html