Posted on 07/17/2005 7:31:35 PM PDT by Jean S
You may be right. I have heard the kid was a Clinton look-alike, that everyone considered him Bubba's kid.
Clinton's worst immoral deeds were directed against our free republic: trying to destroy our military, selling secrets to China, selling pardons, selling access to the president, corrupting the office of the president beyond anyone's imagination.
I too disputed the Monticello docents, in the presence of a black family who WANTED to believe the worst of Jefferson.
The horror of slavery is that he could have screwed Sally if he wanted to. He OWNED her.
But we hope that his sense of honor stopped him.
After all, he was no BJ Clinton!
Thanks for your reply. I'm glad to hear that there are a few of us.
If it had been proven it would be one thing but to convict a man on wishful thinking is heinous.
Sally was played by Thandie Newton in the movie a few years back.
I would not have blamed Nick Nolte not one bit.
Even if twas true, it is certain sure that her first child was no descendant of him. Later children we don't know if it was his or his brother.
I guess I am bugged because a black guy I met at a car wash claimed to be descended from Jefferson. I was sorry to inform him that there was no medical evidence that could distinguish between being a descendent of Thomas, or being a descendent of Randolph, who was widely known to frequent the slave cabins.
The odd thing is that the contemporary accusations occured before Sally Hemmings had any children, and after her first child was born (again, DNA analysis has shown that he was no descendant of any Jefferson) the charge was not renewed.
Boy, the feller was as angry as if I had called his mother a bad name.
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