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A poem on the Jefferson/Sally Hemings affair...
A poem on the Jefferson/Sally Hemings affair...
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December 27, 1802
BOSTON GAZETTE, Dec. 27, 1802 Page 2 has a half column poem which is thinly disguised as comments on the scandalous affair of Thomas Jefferson with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings. It begins: "Dear Thomas, deem it no disgrace With slaves to mend they breed. Nor let the wench's smutty face Deter thee from the deed..." and further on there is even reference to the famed Black poet: "...From Phillis Wheatley we'll contrive Or brighter, Sancho to derive, Thy son's maternal line. Though nature o'er thy Sally's frame, Has spread her sable veil..." with more. It is followed by various footnotes (see).
Also of interest but unrelated is the "Message" which takes half of the back page, being the annual state-of-the-union address by the President signed in italic type: Th. Jefferson.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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