The Jefferson-Hemings controversy : report of the Scholars Commission / edited by Robert F. Turner.
2011
KF5052.5.J45 S35 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
The Jefferson-Hemings controversy : report of the Scholars Commission / edited by Robert F. Turner.
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Imprint
Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2011]
Copyright
©2011
Description
xix, 412 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Understanding the DNA evidence linking Eston Hemings to Thomas Jefferson's cousins The enigmatic Sally Hemings : so few facts, so much fantasy and speculation James Thomson Callender and the origins of the 1802 Jefferson-Hemings scandal Madison Hemings' 1873 "memoir" in the Pike County Republican Thomas Jefferson's visitation patterns to Monticello and their correlation with Sally Hemings' conceptions "Extraordinary privileges" for Sally Hemings and her children The physical resemblance of some of Sally Hemings' children to Thomas Jefferson Reassessing the oral tradition of Sally Hemings' descendants Miscellaneous arguments said to support Thomas Jefferson's paternity of Sally Hemings' children Revisionist arguments reconsidered : evidence too quickly dismissed? The "silent dogs" and other issues ignored by most revisionist scholars Individual views of jean M. Yarborough, Chales Kessler, and Harvey C. Mansfield Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings : case closed? Individual views of professor Robert H. Ferrell The Thomas Jefferson-Sally Hemings myth and the politicization of American history Individual views of professor Forrest McDonald Does the DNA analysis establish Thomas Jefferson's paternity of Sally Hemings' children? Thomas Jefferson : brother's keeper Minority views of professor Paul A. Rahe Editor's postscript : reactions to the scholars commission report.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
STA
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KF5052.5.J45 S35 2011
Language
English
ISBN
9780890890851 alkaline paper
0890890854 alkaline paper
0890890854 alkaline paper
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