The Jefferson Scandals: A Rebuttal
In 1802, a revenge-seeking journalist named James T. Callender charged that Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence, had taken a light-skinned slave named Sally Hemings as his mistress, adn that the relationship resulted in five children. It...
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In 1802, a revenge-seeking journalist named James T. Callender charged that Thomas Jefferson, president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence, had taken a light-skinned slave named Sally Hemings as his mistress, adn that the relationship resulted in five children. It was also alleged that one of the children was sold into prositution at a slave market in New Orleans. Callender's charges have surfaced periodically, only to be deflated by scholars.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780819178213 (0819178217)
Publish date: February 26th 1991
Publisher: Madison Books
Pages no: 176
Edition language: English
Interesting at the time. No longer of much worth.
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