In defense of Thomas Jefferson : the Sally Hemings sex scandal /

Hyland, William G.

In defense of Thomas Jefferson : the Sally Hemings sex scandal / William G. Hyland Jr. - New York : St. Martin's Press, 2009 - xix, 292 p. 24 cm.

Thomas Dunne Books.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-278) and index.

The belief that Thomas Jefferson had an affair and fathered a child with slave Sally Hemings has almost become an accepted fact. Hyland, however, shows that not only is the evidence against Jefferson lacking, but he is, in fact, entirely innocent of the charge. www.alibris.com

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E 332.2 / .H997 2009