I see that Callender did mention a Tom, as son of Sally. However, Jefferson’s own slave records do not show this, nor does the Hemings family history. There seems to be no documentary evidence linking Thomas Woodson to Monticello.
Note Hillsdale Professor Paul Rahe’s comments. Rahe is the most distinguished member of the “Scholars Commission”.
https://ricochet.com/archives/thomas-jefferson-and-sally-hemings-a-dissent/
“What we do know, however, is damning enough. Despite the distaste that he expressed for the propensity of slaveholders to abuse their power, Jefferson either engaged in such abuse himself or tolerated it on the part of one or more members of his extended family. In his private, as in his public, life, there was, for all his brilliance and sagacity, something dishonest, something self-serving and self-indulgent about the man.”
See also Professor Rahe’s critical Minority Report at the end of this Scholars Commission report.
https://www.tjheritage.org/scholars-commission-pdf
“Despite the distaste that he expressed for the propensity of slaveholders to abuse their power, Jefferson either engaged in such abuse himself or tolerated it on the part of one or more members of his extended family.”
Oh golly! Thomas Jefferson opposed sexual activity with slaves, but didn’t take active steps to stop it. Heck, he talked about freedom and kept slaves. Yeah, I grant the contradiction - but those of us who were not raised in a society that accepted slavery might want to be careful about proclaiming our virtue.
Heck, at least Thomas Jefferson knew what sex he was. He didn’t think it made perfect sense to be a homosexual. Oh wait - MODERN man accepts what Jefferson would called depraved, then calls Jefferson depraved for accepting what we do not.
“something dishonest, something self-serving and self-indulgent about the man” - but he wasn’t dishonest enough to pretend a man was a woman who could compete in women only events. He wasn’t self-serving enough to get blow jobs as President while talking about women’s rights. Even if he DID something sexual with a slave, he probably never used her as a humidor!
But we MODERN PEOPLE are virtuous, and Thomas Jefferson is SCUM?