A patron asked us about a very unusual quotation the other day: apparently someone, sometime said that Thomas Jefferson was “…a mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father…”; this was supposedly a comment made by Jefferson’s political opponents in the election of 1800. But [...]
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Mistaken Identity
Posted in Reference Questions, TJ Encyclopedia Entries, tagged elections, quotations, race on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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