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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
Since Jefferson was a slave owner and Lincoln freed the slaves, is there any significance to that? I'd hate to read something into that comment that wasn't there, but it does seem odd to me to point that out.
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One of my other friends had pointed that out earlier, so I was curious about that also...and since knowing that parts of DC have a precise layout, I too, am interested in how this all plays out.
and depending on who you hear it from...there are opinions on Jefferson's role in slavery also:
Jefferson freed many of his slaves, a move that was unprecedent for that time. He also had a long time affair with Sally Hemings a fact that is known by many.
However, most people do not know that Sally was his dead wife's half sister. By all reports he treated her with respect and she was considered the mistress of the house while he was alive. He had freed her sons years before although she stayed with him until his death then left to join her son in Ohio. Jefferson was a man who, in some respects, was centuries ahead of his time, a time that would not allow a white man to marry a black woman even if she was half white.
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