![]() ![]() ![]() “Her name is SALLY.”įederalist newspapers from Maine to Georgia reprinted the story. “IT is well known that the man, whom it delighteth the people to honor, keeps, and for many years past has kept, as his concubine, one of his own slaves,” the story began. Then, in the September 1 issue of the Richmond Recorder, James Callender, a notorious journalist, reported that the president of the United States had a black slave mistress who had borne him a number of children. The bitter election of 1800 was fading from memory. A prime concern was paying off the national debt. The Navy was making headway against Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean. France and England signed a peace treaty, reopening European and Caribbean ports to American commerce. ![]() The first eight months of 1802 were mercifully dull for President Jefferson. ![]()
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