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To: Neocon who wrote (48454)	8/2/1999 4:42:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

She was not that young and it was more than a dalliance. She accompanied him to Europe as his mistress and was the darling of France.

To: Neocon who wrote (48454)	8/2/1999 5:32:00 PM
From: Edwarda	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Terry is quite correct in noting that she was not so very young. Moreover, not only was she his wife's slave but also she may have been his wife's half-sister or similarly closely related. If this was the case and if the relationship did not develop until after his wife's death, there is a human element that should not be ignored in seeking to understand the whole man, not merely the political person. Acknowledging that Jefferson was a complex person takes nothing from his historic stature, in my opinion as an historian. BTW, Terry is also correct that she went to France. In France at the time, if memory serves me, slavery was not legal. So Sally could have walked out the door at any time a free woman if she chose to do so. She did not. She returned to the United States, which suggests a personal relationship--although the personal relationship may have been with his wife. (I am trying to remember if his wife was alive during the sojourn in France.)