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Jefferson vindicated : fallacies, omissions, and contradictions in the Hemings genealogical search / Cynthia H. Burton ; foreword by James A. Bear, Jr.

Title
Jefferson vindicated : fallacies, omissions, and contradictions in the Hemings genealogical search / Cynthia H. Burton ; foreword by James A. Bear, Jr.
Author
Burton, Cynthia H.
Publication
Keswick, Va. : Cynthia H. Burton, c2005.

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Additional Authors
Bear, James A., Jr., 1919-2013
Description
194 p. : ill., maps; 28 cm.
Summary
Re-examines the controversy over the nature of Thomas Jefferson's relationship with his slave Sally Hemings by looking at the DNA evidence, written accounts, oral histories, and other sources in an attempt to resolve ambiguities and speculations, and determine their relevance and credibility. Includes 20 pages on Jefferson's brother, Randolph Jefferson and his sons.
Subject
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Family
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Relations with women
  • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Relations with slaves
  • Hemings, Sally
  • Jefferson family
  • Paternity testing > United States > Case studies
Genre/Form
Case studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-190) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
ISBN
0976777509
LCCN
^^2005902894
OCLC
  • 61298377
  • SCSB-12105452
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library