The Founding Contradiction
Hidden Brain
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Sally Hemmings of Monticello
Sally hemmings was a slave brought over from France by jefferson. She became his concubine, but wanted to stay in france with her family. Jefferson promised her that she would have a good life at monticello and their children would be freed if she stayed. So she came back to virginia with him - which seems almost incomprehensible as a decision. But when i started writing the hemmings of monticello I realized how important family was for someone like this....
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