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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    1. Richard Brookhiser‏ @RBrookhiser Sep 13

      Richard Brookhiser Retweeted DonPJenn

      He was one of the first historians to credit Madison Hemmings' account of his ancestry, though he turned against it at the end, probably out of singularity.https://twitter.com/DonPJenn/status/1437524771235827716 …

      Richard Brookhiser added,

      DonPJenn @DonPJenn
      @RBrookhiser Re: Forrest McDonald. Link at bottom. Money quote: "In the end, Forrest McDonald seems to be a bundle of contradictions: a southern agrarian who dislikes Thomas Jefferson; a proponent of states’ rights who believes that the centralizing Federalist Party
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    2. DonPJenn‏ @DonPJenn Sep 13
      Replying to @RBrookhiser

      I've read a bit about it and remain unconvinced. But I may be behind the scholarship. The DNA tests do not prove to a certainty that Jefferson fathered the child.

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    3. Glenn Sullivan‏ @drglennsullivan Sep 13
      Replying to @DonPJenn @RBrookhiser

      The folks who run Monticello consider Jefferson’s parentage of Sally Hemmings’ children “a settled historical matter,” corroborated by DNA studies.https://www.monticello.org/thomas-jefferson/jefferson-slavery/thomas-jefferson-and-sally-hemings-a-brief-account/monticello-affirms-thomas-jefferson-fathered-children-with-sally-hemings/ …

      2 replies 1 retweet 7 likes
    4. Nightmile‏ @Nightmile1 Sep 13
      Replying to @drglennsullivan @DonPJenn @RBrookhiser

      This is interesting and compelling. This evidence also reflects *somewhat* well on Jefferson (obviously grading an a very, very sharp curve relative to the times).

      1 reply 1 retweet 1 like
    5. James Withers‏ @JamesWithers3 Sep 13
      Replying to @Nightmile1 @drglennsullivan and

      He could have easily walked away from the "deal" he and Sally Hemings. However, maybe his role as father and "love" for Hemings made him feel he had to be true to his word?

      4 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    6. Nightmile‏ @Nightmile1 Sep 13
      Replying to @JamesWithers3 @drglennsullivan and

      Douglass, Stowe, et al get into the darker psychology of how corrupting slavery was to the all involved, but their works were (necessarily) intended to persuade. The variety of mundane human relationships btw blacks & whites back then is fascinating to me.

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    7. James Withers‏ @JamesWithers3 Sep 13
      Replying to @Nightmile1 @drglennsullivan and

      And can the mundane exist between the master and enslaved?

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank Sep 13
      Replying to @JamesWithers3 @Nightmile1 and

      People will adjust to anything. Anything. True of slave, true of master, true of king, true of prisoner. Doesn't make it right, but people are amazingly adaptable creatures.

      8:11 PM - 13 Sep 2021
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        2. James Withers‏ @JamesWithers3 Sep 13
          Replying to @baseballcrank @Nightmile1 and

          We don't disagree. Just noting we might want to be careful throwing the word "love" around when discussing the relationship between Jefferson, Hemings, and their children. Especially considering we have nothing from her perspective (minus her son's memories).

          2 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
        3. Titus Techera‏ @titusfilm Sep 13
          Replying to @JamesWithers3 @baseballcrank and

          This seems needlessly moralistic. You think the law will prevent love? Are you really not aware of any illegal love affairs? Or are you secretly hoping law is a greater power than love?

          2 replies 1 retweet 0 likes
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