1-2: The Promises and limits of American Democracy

Question 1

Where was Sally Hemings enslaved, and where did she live afterwards with Jefferson?

Answer 1

Monticello and then Paris

Question 2

How many children did Sally have and how many did Jefferson set free eventually?

Answer 2

6, set free all of them

Question 3

What did Arthur Scherr say about the Hemings-Jefferson relationship?

Answer 3

Inventory and Appraisals after Jefferson’s death say that Sally was only worth fifty dollars (not a lot) –> suggests she was not skilled nor pretty and so Jefferson wasn’t romantically invested

Question 4

What did Andre Burstein say about the Hemings-Jefferson relationship?

Answer 4

Jefferson used Sally for sex to keep himself healthy because that was suggested in books that he owned

Question 5

What did Dr Gordon-Reed say about the Hemings-Jefferson relationship?

Answer 5

They were in love because Jefferson was said to be affectionate to slaves –> Also said, historians who disagreed were racist

Question 6

When was it concluded that there was a “high probability” that Jefferson had fathered at least one child? Who concluded this and why?

Answer 6

2000

The Thomas Jefferson foundation concluded it based off the DNA evidence

Question 7

What are the 2 main quotes from the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 7

‘We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal’

‘In honour of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness’

Question 8

When was the Declaration of Independence written? And who wrote it?

Answer 8

1776

Thomas Jefferson

Question 9

What is the Declaration of Independence called in the US?

Answer 9

The political philosophy of the US