Eleanor Herman
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363 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 3 Jul
Eleanor Herman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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I mean, many people knew about it.
You know, they would see his son, who looked just like him, a shade or two darker, waiting on the table and that kind of thing.
And so these stories got out there.
But, you know, Jefferson was such a successful president in many ways, and he doubled the size of the country by organizing the Louisiana Purchase.
And so in the next election, people, you know, the voters just didn't really care that he had this relationship.
Right.
Well, I think it was quite common, quite common indeed.
I think the difference with Jefferson is that he was president and there were certainly people who disapproved, especially up in the non-
slaveholding states in New England, for instance.
They thought it was pretty disgusting.
I think he wanted them around him.
He promised her.
They were in France.
He was the US ambassador.
when she first became pregnant at 16.
She had gone there to bring his daughter over.
And he told her, she knew that if she stayed in France, she would be free because France did not recognize slavery.
And he said, if you come back with me, I'll provide for you and the child, and I'll free all the children when they're 21.
Well, she ended up having seven kids,
Four of them survived infancy.
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