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This has been mentioned by multiple media organizations: Kyle Keeler (February 23, 2023). "How Wikipedia Erases Indigenous History". Slate. Retrieved May 26, 2024. Wikipedia's page on Jefferson, himself an architect of Indian Removal, draws on outdated scholarship from the 1970s to argue that Jefferson wanted what "was best for American Indians." One sentence alludes to recent scholarship arguing that Jefferson removed Native peoples to gain land. During a discussion about Jefferson's role in removal, the editor responsible for almost a quarter of the pages for Washington, Jefferson, and Ulysses S. Grant made false, racist claims, writing, "We certainly don't want to connotate any negativity towards Jefferson, do we? Okay, we can mention that many tribes were war like, xenophobic, refused to assimilate and that for everyone's own good and general welfare it was deemed best to keep the two diametrically opposed cultures in separate parts of the country." Kyle Keeler (May 24, 2024). "Wikipedia's Indian problem: settler colonial erasure of native American knowledge and history on the world's largest encyclopedia". Settler Colonial Studies. Retrieved May 26, 2024. Thomas Jefferson's page reads similarly. The 'Native American Affairs' section cites Wikipedia to state that Jefferson 'refuted the contemporary notion that Indians were inferior people and maintained that they were equal in body and mind to people of European descent.'

Sally Hemming’s Age in 1787

This article says Sally Hemming came to Paris in 1787 at the age of 16. The article on Sally Hemming says she was born in 1773, making her 13 or 14. Which is correct? 142.167.41.67 (talk) 23:20, 17 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The article does not say she came to Paris at 16, it says she got pregnant at 16. Bruce leverett (talk) 01:21, 18 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]