1. Thomas Jefferson Was Infatuated With His Child Concubine Because She Was His Dead Wife’s Half-Sister and Lookalike
There was more to Thomas Jefferson sexually preying upon Sally Hemings as his child concubine, which makes things even creepier. Hemings was also Jefferson’s dead wife’s sister and lookalike. She was the daughter of a slave woman and John Wayles, Jefferson’s father-in-law. That made her the biological half-sister of Jefferson’s wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson (1748 – 1782). Hemmings, who was nine when her sibling died, bore a striking resemblance to the deceased Martha. The resemblance only increased as she grew. Jefferson missed his dead wife, so when her lookalike sister was thirteen or fourteen, he began raping her.
Thomas Jefferson having sex with Sally Hemings would be an epic scandal if it had happened today, hitting just about every icky button there is, and destroying his public image beyond repair. Pedophilia? Check. Incest? Check. Violence, coercion, and rape? Check, check, and check. Adding another layer to it all is that Jefferson fathered six children upon Sally, and kept them as slaves. He eventually got around to freeing his children, but he never freed his concubine: Sally Hemings was still Jefferson’s slave when he died in 1826.
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Where Did We Find This Stuff? Some Sources and Further Reading
Aggrawal, Anil – Necrophilia: Forensic and Medico-legal Aspects (2010)
Alliance for Human Research Protection – Operation Paperclip Nazi Rogues
Chicago Tribune, September 24th, 1985 – Deported Nazi Scientist Still Has Many Supporters
Encyclopedia Britannica – Paul III
History – History Stories: How Early Suffragists Sold Out Black Women
Huffington Post, February 27th, 2012 – IBM’s Role in the Holocaust: What the New Documents Reveal
History Collection – 20 Historical Figures Who Changed The World, and Also Committed Monstrous Deeds
New York Times, January 3rd, 1996 – Arthur Rudolph, 89, Developer of Rocket in First Apollo Flight
New York Times, July 28th, 2018 – How the Suffrage Movement Betrayed Black Women
PBS, American Experience – Ford’s Anti-Semitism
Task Force Baum – The Hammelburg Raid
Telegraph, The, November 3rd, 2003 – Ford ‘Used Slave Labour’ in Nazi German Plants
Vox – Thomas Jefferson Spent Years Raping His Slave Sally Hemings
Washington Post, November 30th, 1998 – Ford and GM Scrutinized For Alleged Nazi Collaboration
We Are the Mighty – Patton Once Sent 300 Men to Rescue His Son-in-Law From a Nazi Prison