Anne, As a great friend of Annette Gordon-Reed I didn't detect a statement by Brent that TJ fathered slave children. This is a comment on slavery, etc and should be correctly kept separate from attempts to "saddle" TJ with Hemings children false claims. Just because one topic may or may not be true there is no need to "pile on", the two topics are separate. Herb -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Anne Pemberton Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 6:24 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [VA-HIST] Thomas Jefferson in the NY Times Seems it is not only here on this list, that folks are talking about the ambiguities in the way Thomas Jefferson directed his life and his principles. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/28/opinion/28sat4.html?_r=1&th&emc=th Anne Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org ______________________________________ 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