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2. allthatsinteresting.com › thomas-jefferson-deathInside Thomas Jefferson’s Death On July 4, 1826

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   2 days ago · Slavery And Sally Hemings: The Complicated Legacy Of America’s Third President. In the aftermath of Thomas Jefferson’s death, he and John Adams were eulogized in newspapers and speeches across the country. Both were considered “great men,” and the nation mourned their demise. However, Thomas Jefferson has a different reputation today.

3. www.theparisreview.org › interviews › 7853Paris Review - The Art of Nonfiction No. 11

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   5 days ago · Annette Gordon-Reed will always be most famous for having confirmed, beyond a reasonable doubt, the centuries-old rumors about Thomas Jefferson having had multiple children with a mixed-race woman named Sally Hemings, whom he owned.

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5. www.biography.com › political-figures › thomas-jeffersonThomas Jefferson: Biography, U.S. President, Founding Father

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   3 days ago · History scholars and a significant body of DNA evidence indicate that Jefferson had an affair—and several children—with Sally Hemings, one of his enslaved people and the elder Martha’s half...

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   1 day ago · According to Sally's son, Madison Hemings, the 16-year-old Sally and Jefferson began a sexual relationship in Paris, where she became pregnant. The son indicated Hemings agreed to return to the United States only after Jefferson promised to free her children when they came of age.

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   2 days ago · Shannon is descended from Jefferson’s 36 year relationship – if relations between an enslaved person and a slave owner can be called that – with Sally Hemings, who is his 6th great grandmother. I am descended from Jefferson’s relationship with his wife Martha, who is my 6th great grandmother.

8. www.wvtf.org › news › 2024/07/01A prized possession returns to Jefferson's second home | WVTF

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   5 days ago · The dumbwaiter was one of two crafted by Sally Hemmings' brother John for use at Jefferson's second home — Poplar Forest. When Thomas Jefferson served as U.S. Ambassador to France he made...

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   Was Thomas Jefferson the father of Sally Hemings's children?

   • The New Yorker. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2019. [T]oday most historians agree with the conclusion of a research committee convened by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, at Monticello: Jefferson "most likely was the father of all six of Sally Hemings's children." Ellis, Joseph J. (2000). "Jefferson: Post-DNA".

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   Who was Thomas Jefferson?

   • Tucker, George (1837). The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States; 2 vol. Carey, Lea & Blanchard. —— (1990). Empire of Liberty: The Statecraft of Thomas Jefferson. Cogliano Press.

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   Was Thomas Jefferson a Philhellene?

   • Thomas Jefferson was a philhellene, lover of Greek culture, who sympathized with the Greek War of Independence. He has been described as the most influential of the Founding Fathers who supported the Greek cause, viewing it as similar to the American Revolution.

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   Why was Thomas Jefferson important?

   • Thomas Jefferson was the primary draftsman of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the nation's first secretary of state and the second vice president (under John Adams ). As the third president of the United States, Jefferson stabilized the U.S. economy and defeated pirates from North Africa during the Barbary War.

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    2 days ago · (The Sally Hemings lie, for example.) But Jefferson understood that Liberty can't exists without the five freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment: Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly, and to Petition government for a redress of grievances.