Jefferson-Hemings paternity debate
United States history
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- “Tom and Sally”: the Jefferson-Hemings paternity debate
- In “Tom and Sally”: the Jefferson-Hemings paternity debate
Long before Americans learned about the sexual escapades of their 20th-century presidents—Warren Harding, John Kennedy, and Bill Clinton were the chief offenders—there was the story of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Until recently, when newly developed techniques in genetic research made scientific evidence on long-dead…
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- In “Tom and Sally”: the Jefferson-Hemings paternity debate