The series of letters discussed in Klein\u2019s \u201cThe Image of Absence\u201d are beneficial to understanding how the style of communication used back then would affect the work of modern day researchers looking over the letters. The age in which Jefferson, Evans, and Hemings lived was not one in which it was easy to communicate easily between far-flung acquaintances. Therefore, the letters sent back and forth between Jefferson and Evans reveal the many issues that this form of communication cause for historians hoping to glean some information from these letters. For example, the very first correspondence between Evans and Jefferson never actually mentions the name of James Hemings, nevertheless his image is still brought up as Jefferson\u2019s \u201cformer employee\u201d and he cannot be overlooked since the letter revolves around Jefferson\u2019s desire for James\u2019s return. How can we fairly examine James Heming\u2019s responses and decisions regarding Jefferson\u2019s request, when we never truly see his own writing? This is reinforced by Klein\u2019s assertion later that \u201cin a listing of search results, these letters do little more than reinscribe the absence of James Hemings in the Jefferson archive\u201d. By showing that Hemings is totally absent from Jefferson\u2019s archive of direct correspondence, Klein is able to highlight the lack of a voice for slaves and ex-slaves within the historical perspective. This is extremely important for understanding how historians must formulate theories on the opinions and life perspective of slaves. Any sort of writing must be taken with a grain of salt that it was most likely altered or edited by a white man after first created by a slave.<\/p>\n
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