![]() ![]() Lue, the faculty director of the Harvard Allston Education Portal and HarvardX and a professor of molecular and cellular biology, said Gordon-Reed provided “a wonderful perspective” on history. The strong turnout at the Ed Portal’s final faculty lecture of the fall proved the enduring interest in both Jefferson the man and in his relationship with Hemings. In addition, there “aren’t any other stories of him being with any other person.” ![]() “I find it hard to believe that would have just a purely sexual relationship with someone over the course of 38 years, and have seven children with her,” Gordon-Reed said. She has heard it at most every event she’s attended since she wrote “Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy,” about Jefferson’s relationship with his slave and the way scholars have treated it. Pforzheimer Professor with the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and a history professor with the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. It’s a familiar question for Gordon-Reed, the Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History, Carol K. Speaking to a crowd at the Harvard Allston Education Portal, Professor Annette Gordon-Reed smiled when an audience member asked: Did Thomas Jefferson love Sally Hemings? ![]()
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