“Historians cannot know the precise nature of the relationship because (Sally) Hemings left no known written account. Westerinen herself acknowledges the complexity, but said one fact is inescapable. “Obviously she had no choice of staying with him; she was a slave,” she said. “It was always a very unequal power situation.”Westerinen sees in Hemings’ story a woman exercising what power she could within a system that gave her extraordinarily little, particularly in securing freedom for her children. “That’s the only power she pretty much had, and she used it,” Westerinen said. “Thank God for that.” North Fork Sun.
Whether it is President Thomas Jefferson or President William Jefferson Clinton their brainless little heads can make very smart men do some really stupid stuff! But women of every color faced an unequal power situation which just like every other lady used the power of their pussy to get what she needed or wanted! As a “black” woman Westernen understandably takes her great, great, great grandmothers side! I’m glad to hear that the White, white Jeffersons have come around to accepting their “Black, white cousins!
And that is all I’m going to say about that!
