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To: Loud Mime; petitfour
Begging your pardon, but I don't think I'm wrong, but if I were, so what? I mean, really. He wasn't the first planter who did so, nor was he the last. As for the evidence, well, I'm not writing a dissertation here, so I must bow out and direct your to the existing research.

I'm aware of the controversy and of the emotions it stirs. However, as you can read yourselves in Monticello.org (http://www.monticello.org/site/plantation-and-slavery/sally-hemings), "...based on documentary, scientific, statistical, and oral history evidence, the Thomas Jefferson Foundation and most historians believe that, years after his wife’s death, Thomas Jefferson was the father of the six children of Sally Hemings mentioned in Jefferson's records."

I'm not the only one who does accept Thomas Jefferson's paternity of Sally Hemmings' children as a fact, nor am I the most credentialed person who does either. If you still demand moral certainty on this issue, you must find the evidence that would lead me to see it your way with equal certainty.

~Theo

17 posted on 11/23/2014 3:05:25 PM PST by Teófilo (Visit Vivificat! - http://www.vivificat.org - A Catholic Blog of News, Commentary and Opinion)
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To: Teófilo

Lol. I already said I could believe Thomas fathered one of Sally’s children. However, the evidence says otherwise. My desire to believe he fathered one of the children is based on emotion. The facts are contrary to my emotion. And yours. But it does attract controversy and interest in Monticello.

Did you read the link I posted?

Man made global warming is a myth.


18 posted on 11/23/2014 3:15:28 PM PST by petitfour
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