There are stories where you can look for the possibility of "true love" in a deeply unequal system -- Jefferson and Hemings isn't one though
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But Stevens and his rumored "common-law wife" Lydia Smith weren't analogous to Jefferson as Hemings -- he never owned her as property
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He would've had to keep their relationship secret but he did always demand his family and colleagues treat her with respect
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