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April 19, 2000
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Serving Portland and its culturally diverse communities
Volume III Number 16
A look at Portland and its entertainment
www.portlandobserver.com
DNA tests all but prove Thomas Jefferson’s lineage on OPB
Recent DNA tests have
all but proven that
President
Thom as
Jefferson, had a long­
standing relationship and
several children with a
woman who was his
slave.
Jefferson
apparently lived a dual
life, sharing his house
with his white daughter
and grandchildren while
his unacknow ledged
mistress, Sally Hemings,
and his children by her
worked in the same house
as slaves.
See page 2