re: #437 goddamnedfrank

Updinged for the reason, but not for the man. The whole raping his slave (yeah, by definition a slave cannot give consent, Sally Hemmings was raped) thing makes me question what the word “principles” even means to such a creature.

I believe Jefferson was accompanied by Ms Hemmings during his ambassadorship to France. By the laws there, she was free, not slave, and was advised of those facts, personally by TJ. Yet she returned to the States later. (Such was the portrayal in a biographical made-for-tv movie.)