Wingnuts Have New Book Proving Jefferson Never Sexed Black Lady

[kpete]

In a book due out Thursday, eminent scholars say it’s unlikely that Thomas Jefferson fathered Sally Hemings’ children, disputing a decade’s worth of conventional wisdom that the author of the Declaration of Independence sired offspring with one of his slaves.

The debate has ensnared historians for years, and many thought the issue was settled when DNA testing in the late 1990s confirmed that a Jefferson male fathered Hemings‘ youngest son, Eston. But, with one lone dissenter, the panel of 13 scholars doubted the claim and said the evidence points instead to Jefferson’s brother Randolph as the father.

The scholars also disputed accounts that said Hemings’ children received special treatment from Jefferson, which some saw as evidence of a special bond between the third president and Hemings.

http://wonkette.com/452404/wingnuts-have-new-book-proving-thomas-jefferson-never-sexed-a-black-lady
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/30/new-book-disputes-claim-jefferson-fathered-childre/



Did Strom Thurmond have a brother also? Enquiring minds want to know.
http://www.blackcommentator.com/21_re_print.html

[Faygo Kid]

1. I saw this was being released. Ridiculous.

Tea Party junk history. And by the way, they neither know nor own Jefferson.

[Zywiec]

2. Does the first President of the congressionally established United States Institute of Peace.

sounds like a wingnut?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

3. The GOP Censorship Reading Club needed a book to justify their bullshit...

And so here it is!!!

They'll probably stand in line outside bookstores hoping to get copies signed by the so-called "scholars." LOL!