http://www.monticello.org/plantation/hemingscontro/hemings-jefferson_contro.html

9/6/2010 9:14:58 PM

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9/6/2010 9:17:05 PM

actually it was most likely his brother.

9/6/2010 9:20:52 PM

pretty sure this information was unearthed before internet memes existed

its that old

in fact it was probably discovered by the public before most of us were born

9/6/2010 9:21:10 PM

Quote :

"In September 1802, political journalist James T. Callender, a disappointed office-seeker who had once been an ally of Jefferson, wrote in a Richmond newspaper that Jefferson had for many years "kept, as his concubine, one of his own slaves." "Her name is Sally," Callender continued, adding that Jefferson had "several children" by her. Although there had been rumors of a sexual relationship between Jefferson and a slave before 1802, Callender's article spread the story widely. It was taken up by Jefferson's Federalist opponents and was published in many newspapers during the remainder of Jefferson's presidency."

This was a meme during the Jefferson presidency.

9/6/2010 9:24:51 PM

I LOVE learning about stuff like this!

9/6/2010 9:29:36 PM

great thread title

9/6/2010 9:30:54 PM

I too watched Frankenhole last night.

9/6/2010 9:31:06 PM