With the recent release of the new movie, Jefferson in Paris, questions have resurfaced as to whether or not U.S. President Thomas Jefferson had a Black family.

Jefferson was a man of contradictions. Adamant that "all men are created equal" as author of the Declaration of Independence, he was a slavemaster. Jefferson was also an outspoken critic of race-mixing but reportedly had a long affair with one of his slaves that resulted in his fathering six children.

Historians have criticized the movie's portrayal of Jefferson, played by Nick Nolte, in an extended love ...

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