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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I don’t think it’s a particularly unusual thing that Jefferson fathered children with a woman he owned. The manic denial that it happened is probably just a manifestation of the more general denial that it was a common practice among slaveowners.

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45 posted on 01/18/2024 7:53:48 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Oh no, it was quite common. Like I said, Sally was probably his dead wife's half sister.

Would he? Possibly even probable. Did he? DNA says a man of his family did. So him or his brothers. Either is kind of skeevy. But saying that it was him for sure? Eh. Not enough evidence to be able to say for sure.

I know he freed other members of the family, like James who was Sally's brother and undoubtedly not his kid so saying that he freed them because they were his children also is something that is still a maybe.

46 posted on 01/18/2024 9:17:12 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( In a quaint alleyway, they graciously signaled for a vehicle on the main road to lead the way. )
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