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Jefferson Unveiled
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Jefferson Unveiled: Now that DNA evidence conclusively proves the third U.S. president fathered the child of a slave, scholars weigh in on what it means for the discipline of American History
It came as little surprise to law professor Annette Gordon-Reed that DNA testing conclusively proved that Thomas Jefferson fathered a child by Sally Hemings, a slave woman he owned.
"I was ninety-eight percent sure the test would reveal the connection," the New York Law School professor said.
Before the scientific testing had gotten underway, Gordon-Reed, a legal scholar and an authority on Jefferson, had already written that the 200-year debate would require nothing short of …
