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Slave quarters of Sally Hemings, the maid who gave birth to six of Thomas Jefferson’s children found
The Daily Mail ^ | 7/3/17 | CECILE BORKHATARIA

Posted on 07/03/2017 6:20:40 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl

Archaeologists have discovered an area in Thomas Jefferson's plantation home that was once the living quarters of Sally Hemings - a slave with whom he is believed to have had six children. Her room, which was built in 1809 and was 14 feet, 8 inches wide and 13 feet long, was next to Thomas Jefferson's room. However, the bedroom went unnoticed for decades and the area was even made into a men's bathroom in 1941.

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1 posted on 07/03/2017 6:20:40 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl
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To: Bodleian_Girl

I believe this theory has been discredited in favor of one of his nephews. Family legends often have a factual basis but they get confabulated with the retelling over the centuries.


2 posted on 07/03/2017 6:22:42 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: Bodleian_Girl

Will BLM build a shrine to her there?


3 posted on 07/03/2017 6:23:41 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

Lefties will want it destroyed because of its significance to slavery.


4 posted on 07/03/2017 6:24:18 PM PDT by CGASMIA68
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To: RegulatorCountry

Exactly. Freezers know this story was debunked when BJ tried to use it to avoid successful impeachment. Unfortunately, it worked and BJ skated.


5 posted on 07/03/2017 6:24:31 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: wastoute

Freezers, dam spellscrewer.


6 posted on 07/03/2017 6:25:13 PM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

Bill Clinton is jealous.


7 posted on 07/03/2017 6:25:16 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Who proved he had any children by Hemmings?

When history has to be rewritten to suit political ideology, then we’re in 1984.
Hello, Winston Smith...


8 posted on 07/03/2017 6:25:38 PM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

This theory was first floated in the DC papers during the fall of 1998, in the midst of the Lewinsky scandal.

The Hemings “story” was to give cover for Bildo’s escapades in the Oval Office with Monica.

Talk about collusion.


9 posted on 07/03/2017 6:25:41 PM PDT by exit82 (The opposition has already been Trumped!)
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To: wastoute

As a fellow Freezer let me be the first to say, “stupid autocorrect,” lol.


10 posted on 07/03/2017 6:25:52 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

IIRC, it was Jefferson DNA, but it was only proven that it was a “relative”, NOT Thomas Jefferson himself.


11 posted on 07/03/2017 6:26:53 PM PDT by boop (I'd wish you luck, but you wouldn't know what to do with it if you had it!)
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How convenient they found it right around the 4th.

"Hey guys! It's only July 2nd. Let's throw back some more beers and then on the 4th we'll make our "discovery" so Jefferson can be portrayed as this evil right-winger!"

12 posted on 07/03/2017 6:26:56 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Man-made global liberalism is killing the planet)
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To: RegulatorCountry

Actually studies have proven that his nephew was no where around when the children were fathered, but letters and other documents show that Thomas Jefferson was always at Monticello during the conception of Sally Hemmings white children.

DNA did however proved that Thomas Goodson’s descendants are not Jeffersons.


13 posted on 07/03/2017 6:27:29 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
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To: RegulatorCountry

As I understand it, DNA testing only pointed to a “male in the Jefferson line,” not necessarily Thomas. He had a brother named Randolph who, apparently, was quite the lad.


14 posted on 07/03/2017 6:27:58 PM PDT by JayVee (Joseph)
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To: CGASMIA68

They looked thrilled to pieces about it. Check out the photos at link.


15 posted on 07/03/2017 6:28:12 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

Read the article and unless I missed something, no proof was stated as to how they confirmed the “fact.”


16 posted on 07/03/2017 6:28:17 PM PDT by Fungi (Mucor roxii is not a rock band.)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

I thought this story was debunked years ago


17 posted on 07/03/2017 6:28:41 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Bodleian_Girl

It can not be proved that President Jefferson had sex with Sally. It can be proved that the slave girl Sally did have baby making sex with a Jefferson family guy. It is doubtful that it was Thomas. There was a major age difference.


18 posted on 07/03/2017 6:29:00 PM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: Fungi

It’s a Daily Mail headline.

That having been said, I believe that he is the father of her white children.


19 posted on 07/03/2017 6:30:05 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Don't check the news, check Cernovich on Twitter)
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To: Bodleian_Girl

So, someone missed a room “14 feet, 8 inches wide and 13 feet long” and no one could find it or determine it was there??????

Who writes this stuff?


20 posted on 07/03/2017 6:30:06 PM PDT by caver
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