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050 00 $aE332.2$b.S59 2007
100 1 $aSloan, Sam.
245 14 $aThe slave children of Thomas Jefferson :$bupdated in 2007 with results of the latest DNA tests and newly discovered evidence concerning his "relations" with his slaves /$cby Samuel H. Sloan.
260 $aBronx, N.Y. :$bIshi Press International,$cc2007.
300 $a23, [13], viii, 309, [116] p. :$bports., geneal. tables ;$c21 cm.
500 $aOriginally published: Lynchburg, Va. : Orsden Press, 1992.
520 $aThe author, a journalist and amateur historian, discusses the issues surrounding the claim that Thomas Jefferson fathered children of African American slave descent. Update to the 1992 edition with "new" DNA testing results.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-297) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction to the 2007 edition / Sam Sloan -- Update on Jefferson-Hemings DNA testing / Sam Sloan -- New DNA tests done on the Hemings-Jefferson controversy / Sam Sloan -- ch. 1. The unanswered questions -- ch. 2. The beginnings -- ch. 3. The Farm Book -- ch. 4. Madison Hemings -- ch. 5. Contrary evidence -- ch. 6. The mentality of Thomas Jefferson -- ch. 7. Life in France -- ch. 8. Life in the White House -- ch. 9. Descendants of Betty Hemings and John Wayles -- ch. 10. What happened to Tom? -- ch. 11. The orgy room -- ch. 12. Important new evidence -- ch. 13. Other documentary evidence -- ch. 14. Jefferson as a statesman -- ch. 15. And what was wrong with it anyway? -- ch. 16. The Randolph family -- ch. 17. The contribution of Down from the mountain -- ch. 18. Famous descendants of Thomas Jefferson -- ch. 19. Areas for further study -- ch. 20. Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix : Letter of Adrien Petit. Will of John Wayles. Will of Bathurst Skelton. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to John Adams. Letter from Thomas Jefferson to Edward Coles. Will of Thomas Jefferson -- Jefferson fathered slave's last child / Eugene A. Foster, M.A. Jobling, P.G. Taylor, P. Donnelly, P. de Knijiff, Rene Mieremet, T. Zerjal, C. Tyler-Smith -- Spencer Wells on Jefferson's DNA / Spencer Wells -- Herbert Barger replies: Thomas Jefferson being unjustly accused of fathering slave children / Herbert Barger -- Reply to Barger reply / Sam Sloan -- Correspondence with Herbert Barger -- King-Jobling report on Jefferson's DNA (American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2007) -- Correspondence with Dr. Mark Jobling -- Andrew McMichael debates -- The Captain letters: the Williams-Graham correspondence.
600 10 $aJefferson, Thomas,$d1743-1826$xRelations with women.
600 10 $aJefferson, Thomas,$d1743-1826$xRelations with slaves.
600 10 $aJefferson, Thomas,$d1743-1826$xFamily.
600 10 $aHemings, Sally.
600 30 $aHemings family.
650 0 $aPaternity testing$zUnited States$vCase studies.