http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/2839/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/study-casts-further-doubt-jefferson-hemings-affair-will-press-notice <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/matt-philbin">Matt Philbin</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Fact: The man who wrote so eloquently about basic human liberty in the Declaration of Independence was himself a slave owner. Unproven theory: That man had a sexual relationship with one of those slaves and fathered at least one of her children.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/study-casts-further-doubt-jefferson-hemings-affair-will-press-notice" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Politics evidence fathered hemings jefferson thomas Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:32:00 +0000 admin 2134 at http://archive2.mrc.org