I don't have a problem with Thomas Jefferson being the father of the white children of Sally Hemmings. She was only 1/4 black herself.
He also carried on a long flirtatious correspondence with Abigail Adams.
It's not like he was a Christian, or a man known for a religious belief which would preclude him from doing this.
Thanks for this post!
I’ve never heard of this gentleman before.
It’s not like he was a Christian, or a man known for a religious belief which would preclude him from doing this.
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Well, that tells me how seriously I should take your claim.
this is crap. what you are implying is certainly crap. and it doesn't exonerate jefferson fromn the more than likely true allegation that he was kocking up his human property for decades.
I doubt that TJ flirted with AA, but I am sure that he flirted with treason during the adams administration.
at any rate, first, define "flirtatious". secondly, the adamses and thomas jefferson feuded with great verbal violence for decades (feralists vs. the republicans) before they reestablished their friendship via letters (easier, since they hated the wight of each other) MANY years later.
I love TJ, but he had a passionate nature. When he was an ambassador he had a very intense affair with a married woman...he wrote some very heartfelt prose about that one.