In defense of Thomas Jefferson : the Sally Hemings sex scandal
Title:
In defense of Thomas Jefferson : the Sally Hemings sex scandal
Author:
Hyland, William G.
ISBN:
9780312561000
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Publication Information:
New York : Thomas Dunne Books, 2009.
Physical Description:
xix, 292 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents:
James Callender : "human nature in a hideous form" -- Misleading DNA -- Sally Hemings and Randolph Jefferson : "the unknown brother" -- "An American in Paris" -- Timing and conception -- Carr brothers and other male Jeffersons -- Jefferson's declining health -- The scholars commission and the character issue -- Madison Hemings : gossip and hearsay -- Jefferson on trial -- Secret rooms and other Hollywood fantasies -- The Monticello report : a "rush to judgment" -- The Charlottesville connection : true believers -- The "Sally" books -- Jefferson under siege : "presentism" -- Final argument : an innocent man.
Abstract:
Refutes popularly accepted beliefs that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with slave Sally Hemings, suggesting that Jefferson's younger brother may have actually had the relationship that resulted in illegitimate descendants.
