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Article: U.S. President Thomas Jefferson Fathered Child With Slave, DNA Study Shows.(Sally Hemings)(Brief Article)
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- November 16, 1998
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Thomas Jefferson really did father at least one child by his slave, Sally Hemings, says a new genetic study.
The study, organized by a retired medical professor, links Jefferson to the last of Hemings' children, Eston.
Jefferson, who became the third president of the U.S. in 1801, was accused publicly in 1802 of being the father of several of Hemings' children. Scholars have been divided about whether to believe it.
Eston Hemings--who eventually took the name Eston Hemings Jefferson--was born six years after the accusations surfaced, during President Jefferson's second term.
The new genetic results implies a long-standing sexual ...