Lincoln knew of Jefferson’s relationship with Sally Hemings? Then why was it so hard to prove and has yet to be proven? Lol.
Republicans hated Jefferson.
Yes, that and the NYT as the source started pegging my B.S. meter. The liberals are now ganging on Jefferson after strafing Hamilton on the $10 bill.
It's a little more complicated than that. The name "Republican" was adopted to hark back to Jefferson's party, and they celebrated the Northwest Ordinance, allegedly written by Jefferson.
That doesn't make Jefferson a paragon of virtue, however.
The rumor about Jefferson and Sally Hemings was started by James Callender, a political hatchet man whom Jefferson had hired, but who later turned on Jefferson. Hemings was the half-sister of Jefferson’s wife and looked something like her, a fact that Callender knew added plausibility to his gossip.