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A President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson.(Review)(Brief Article)

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| April 15, 2001 | Schaeper, T.J. | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Woodson, Byron W., Sr. A President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson. Praeger. Apr. 2001. c.275p. permanent paper. photogs. index. LC 00-061169. ISBN 0-275-97174-0. $24.95. BIOG

Woodson is a sixth-generation descendant of Thomas Woodson, who was the eldest of five children born to Sally Hemings, a slave in the household of Thomas Jefferson. This book is the latest installment in a bitter debate concerning whether the father of those five children was Thomas Jefferson himself. In this heartfelt book, the author clearly delineates those he sees as the heroes and the villains. The chief villains are the "establishment" Jefferson …

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