While I was reading this article I was reminded of Tommy Lee Jones portrayal of Thaddeus Stevens in the movie Lincoln, (which was in this writer’s opinion one of the most fantastical pieces of Civil War propaganda ever made) which among other things showed Steven’s to be in a ‘relationship’ with his “Black housekeeper”, which history tells us was in fact Lydia Hamilton Smith, a woman of mixed blood (one quarter African). The movie however goes to great lengths to show Steven’s getting into bed with a woman whose skin color was as black as a bucket of tar. Spielberg’s gotta push race mixing regardless of the time period you know.
