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Auteur(s) : Scholars commission on the Jefferson-Hemings matter
Titre(s) : The Jefferson-Hemings controversy [Texte imprimé] : report of the Scholars Commission / edited by Robert F. Turner
Publication : Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, c2011
Description matérielle : xix, 412 p. : ill. ; 26 cm
Comprend : 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, Charles Kessler, and Professor 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"In 2000, the newly formed Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society asked a group of more
than a dozen senior scholars from across the country to carefully examine all of the
evidence for and against the allegations that Thomas Jefferson fathered one or more
children by Sally Hemings, one of his slaves, and to issue a public report. In April
2001, after a year of study, the Scholars Commission issued the most detailed report
to date on the issue. With but a single mild dissent, the views of the distinguished
panel ranged from "serious skepticism" to a conviction that the allegation was "almost
certainly false." This volume, edited by Scholars Commission Chairman Robert F. Turner,
includes the "Final Report"?essentially a summary of arguments and conclusions?as
it was released to the press on April 12, 2001. However, several of the statements
of individual views?which collectively total several hundred carefully footnoted pages
and constitute the bulk of the book?have been updated and expanded to reflect new
insights or evidence since the report was initially released." -- from publisher's
website
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Turner, Robert F. (1944-....). Éditeur scientifique
Thomas Jefferson heritage society. Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) -- Femmes
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) -- Esclavage
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) -- Famille
Hemings, Sally (1773-1835)
Numéros : ISBN 9780890890851 (alk. paper). - ISBN 0890890854 (alk. paper)
Notice n° :
FRBNF42629360
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