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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Jefferson started sleeping with Hemmings when she was 14.  I can't even with these "he was a complicated man" posters.  FOURTEEN.[/quote]
In Shakespeare's time people were married at 14.  FOURTEEN.  Yeah, imagining time used to be different is difficult for some people.  My great grandfather used to work at 7.  SEVEN - and that's why this country implemented labor laws.  Geez, times were different.  Did you know women used to be treated like property?  I know history is crazy.  In the future we will be the crazy ones.[/quote]

She was his slave, his wife's slave (and half sister) that he inherited when his wife died. I don't care if it was 1787 BC, all of it is disgusting and the Jefferson worship is awful.

Do you think you're witty, downplaying this crap?[/quote]

Put that way, it sounds almost biblical.

We have had words for these relationships forever, which means these relationships have been around forever.  Mistress, leman, affair partner, less charitably adulteress.  Consort, concubine, placee.  Etc.[/quote]

Here’s the word you’re missing: slave. She was his slave. She was his 14 year old slave. [/quote]

She had a relationship very similar to a placee, although not as formal.  You can erase that, but it doesn't mean it didn't happen. [/quote]

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