An edition of The slave children of Thomas Jefferson
(2007)
The slave children of Thomas Jefferson
updated in 2007 with results of the latest DNA tests and newly discovered evidence concerning his "relations" with his slaves
by Sam Sloan
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The author, a journalist and amateur historian, discusses the issues surrounding the claim that Thomas Jefferson fathered children of African American slave descent. Update to the 1992 edition with "new" DNA testing results.
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The slave children of Thomas Jefferson: updated in 2007 with results of the latest DNA tests and newly discovered evidence concerning his "relations" with his slaves
2007, Ishi Press International
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1881373029 9781881373025
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Table of Contents
Introduction to the 2007 edition / Sam Sloan
Update on Jefferson-Hemings DNA testing / Sam Sloan
New DNA tests done on the Hemings-Jefferson controversy / Sam Sloan
ch. 1. The unanswered questions
ch. 2. The beginnings
ch. 3. The Farm Book
ch. 4. Madison Hemings
ch. 5. Contrary evidence
ch. 6. The mentality of Thomas Jefferson
ch. 7. Life in France
ch. 8. Life in the White House
ch. 9. Descendants of Betty Hemings and John Wayles
ch. 10. What happened to Tom?
ch. 11. The orgy room
ch. 12. Important new evidence
ch. 13. Other documentary evidence
ch. 14. Jefferson as a statesman
ch. 15. And what was wrong with it anyway?
ch. 16. The Randolph family
ch. 17. The contribution of Down from the mountain
ch. 18. Famous descendants of Thomas Jefferson
ch. 19. Areas for further study
ch. 20. Conclusion
Epilogue
Appendix : Letter of Adrien Petit. Will of John Wayles. Will of Bathurst Skelton. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Edward Coles. Will of Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson fathered slave's last child / Eugene A. Foster, M.A. Jobling, P.G. Taylor, P. Donnelly, P. de Knijiff, Rene Mieremet, T. Zerjal, C. Tyler-Smith
Spencer Wells on Jefferson's DNA / Spencer Wells
Herbert Barger replies: Thomas Jefferson being unjustly accused of fathering slave children / Herbert Barger
Reply to Barger reply / Sam Sloan
Correspondence with Herbert Barger
King-Jobling report on Jefferson's DNA (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2007)
Correspondence with Dr. Mark Jobling
Andrew McMichael debates
The Captain letters: the Williams-Graham correspondence.
Edition Notes
Originally published: Lynchburg, Va. : Orsden Press, 1992.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-297) and index.
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