Author, Retirement
Dabney retired from the Times-Dispatch in 1969. He wrote several books, notably including Virginia: The New Dominion, Richmond: The Story of a City, and The Jefferson Scandals, a Rebuttal, which was a refutation of the Sally Hemings allegations. He died on December 28, 1995 at his home in Richmond at the age of 94.
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