Framing a legend : exposing the distorted history of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings / M. Andrew Holowchak.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holowchak, M. Andrew (Mark Andrew), 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Relations with women.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Relations with slaves.

Hemings, Sally.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Paternity testing--United States--Case studies.

Paternity testing.

Relations with slaves.

Relations with women.

United States.

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2013.

Summary:

"It is accepted by most scholars that Thomas Jefferson had a lengthy affair with his slave Sally Hemings and fathered at least one of her children. This conclusion is based on a 1998 DNA study published in Nature and on the work of historian Annette Gordon-Reed, assumed by many to be the last word on the subject. But as author M. Andrew Holowchak argues compellingly in this eye-opening investigation, the DNA evidence is inconclusive and there are remarkable flaws in the leading historical scholarship purporting to show such a liasion." -- Book jacket.

Contents:

Foreword / Professor Robert F. Turner

Preface

pt. 1. THREE PROMINENT SPINS :

Mining Jefferson's ore: Jefferson's forbidden females

Controlling the discourse: Cutting down Jefferson to size

Rationalizations and secrets: Jefferson's affair of convenience

pt. 2: UNFRAMING THE LEGEND :

The "tiresome" argument from character: A defense of moral impossibility

High priests of the moral temple: Shifty science and "Aesopian history"

A "convenient defect of vision": Jefferson's view of Blacks

Appendix A: A transcript of Callender's 1802 article: "The President Again," by James Thomson Callender, in The Recorder; or, Lady's and Gentleman's Miscellany, Published September 1, 1802 in Richmond, Virginia

Appendix B: A transcript of Madison Heming's account

Appendix C: Last will and testament of Thomas Jefferson.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Holowchak, Mark, 1958- Framing a legend.

ISBN:

9781616147297

1616147296

OCLC:

818738066