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Framing A Legend Exposing The Distorted History Of Thomas Jefferson And Sally HemingsFraming A Legend Exposing The Distorted History Of Thomas Jefferson And Sally Hemings

Framing A Legend Exposing The Distorted History Of Thomas Jefferson And Sally Hemings

Mark Holowchak

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"It is accepted by most scholars that Thomas Jefferson had a lengthy affair with his slave Sally Hemings and fathered at least one of her children. This conclusion is based on a 1998 DNA study published in Nature and on the work of historian Annette Gordon-Reed, assumed by many to be the last word on the subject. But as author M. Andrew Holowchak argues compellingly in this eye-opening investigation, the DNA evidence is inconclusive and there are remarkable flaws in the leading historical scholarship purporting to show such a liasion." -- Book jacket.

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OL17582757W

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Paternity testingCase studiesRelations with slavesRelations with womenJefferson, thomas, 1743-1826Hemings, sallyMedical jurisprudence

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