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The Women Jefferson Loved by Virginia Scharff; Harper Thomas Jefferson’s decades-long affair with the slave Sally Hemings is a controversial story full of sex, power, race and intrigue. But Hemings wasn’t the only woman who shaped Jefferson’s life. This fascinating and highly readable account deepens our understanding of how Jefferson’s emotional life with women, including …
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