单词 | hemings, sally |
释义 | Hemings, SallyA slave who was owned by Thomas Jefferson. Based on recent evidence from DNA and from the timing of Jefferson's visits to Monticello, most scholars now think it probable that Jefferson, a widower, was the father of one and possibly more of her four surviving children. notes for Hemings, SallyThe allegation that Jefferson had a slave mistress circulated among his political opponents during his life and has long been voiced by many African-Americans. Until recently, most historians dismissed it because there was no corroborating evidence. Words nearby Hemings, Sallyhemimetabolism, hemimetabolous, hemimorphic, hemimorphite, hemin, Hemings, Sally, Hemingway, Hemingway, Ernest, Hemingwayesque, hemiola, hemiopia The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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