Really...I thought SLAVERY was a product of the British rule in the Colonies. WHO KNEW
Human Events is a good publication. I’m going to look for that book. Should be interesting.
Human nature, good and bad, has not changed in 200+ years. Who would have thought it?
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Most serious Jefferson scholars now believe that an intimate relationship between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson was highly unlikely. A number of specific claims that (Thomas) Jefferson fathered certain children of Hemings’ have been shown to be false, even to the satisfaction of those who still suspect that he was the father of at least one of her children.
Oh, for crying out loud. He would have had to have been an extremely busy and stealthy boy to have escaped public scrutiny and approbrium, not to mention the wrath of his political allies and enemies, as well as the ladies. And had anyone accused him of "degeneracy", Hamilton might certainly have challenged him to a duel:
From Wikipedia: Alexander Hamilton
Marriage
In spring 1779, Hamilton asked his friend John Laurens to find him a wife in South Carolina:
"She must be younghandsome (I lay most stress upon a good shape) Sensible (a little learning will do) well bred... chaste and tender (I am an enthusiast in my notions of fidelity and fondness); of some good naturea great deal of generosity (she must neither love money nor scolding, for I dislike equally a termagant and an economist)In politics, I am indifferent what side she may be ofI think I have arguments that will safely convert her to mineAs to religion a moderate stock will satisfy meShe must believe in God and hate a saint. But as to fortune, the larger stock of that the better."
Hamilton found his own bride on December 14, 1780 when he married Elizabeth Schuyler, daughter of General Philip Schuyler, and thus joined one of the richest and most political families in the state of New York. The marriage took place at Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York.
Hamilton grew extremely close to Eliza's sister, Angelica Church, who was married to John Barker Church, a Member of Parliament in Great Britain; some historians argue that the two may have had an affair, although, due to extensive editing of much HamiltonChurch correspondence by Hamilton's later descendants, it is impossible to know for sure.
Affair
In 1791, Hamilton became involved in an affair with Maria Reynolds that badly damaged his reputation. Reynolds' husband, James, blackmailed Hamilton for money, threatening to inform Hamilton's wife. When James Reynolds was arrested for counterfeiting, he contacted several prominent members of the Democratic-Republican Party, most notably James Monroe and Aaron Burr, touting that he could expose a top level official for corruption. When they interviewed Hamilton with their suspicions (presuming that James Reynolds could implicate Hamilton in an abuse of his position in Washington's Cabinet), Hamilton insisted he was innocent of any misconduct in public office and admitted to an affair with Maria Reynolds. Since this was not germane to Hamilton's conduct in office, Hamilton's interviewers did not publish about Reynolds. When rumors began spreading after his retirement, Hamilton published a confession of his affair, shocking his family and supporters by not merely confessing but also by narrating the affair in detail, thus injuring Hamilton's reputation for the rest of his life.
At first Hamilton accused Monroe of making his affair public, and challenged him to a duel. Aaron Burr stepped in and persuaded Hamilton that Monroe was innocent of the accusation. His well-known vitriolic temper led Hamilton to challenge several others to duels in his career.
...uh...were true.
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