Sally, as most now know, was Sally Hemings, a woman Jefferson owned, having inherited her, her mother and siblings when his father-in-law, John Wayles, died in 1773.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - The room where historians believe Sally Hemings slept was just steps away from Thomas Jefferson's bedroom. But in 1941, the caretakers of Monticello turned it into a restroom.

Larry Mantle talks with author Annette Gordon-Reed about her new book, "The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family," that gives the sweeping history of the Hemings Family, from their ...

The “Life of Sally Hemings” exhibit is perhaps the most striking example of the sea change that has taken place at Monticello, as the foundation has increasingly focused on highlighting the ...

In 2000, Monticello released a research report detailing the evidence, including DNA tests that established a direct genetic connection between descendants of Hemings and Jefferson.

<p>Sally Hemings (1773-1835), was a slave at Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s Monticello, pictured, and was the third president&#8217;s mistress, according to a DNA analysis in 1998.</p><p>Hemings was the ...

Brenda Yurkoski, a semiretired caregiver who can trace her ancestry to the slave community at Monticello, in Charlottesville, Va., June 11, 2018. “As descendants, and because of his character ...

Members of the Hemings group said the foundation has agreed to let them have a reunion at Monticello July 11-13. They said that any Jefferson descendants who want to come will be welcome and that ...

In Defense of Thomas Jefferson The Sally Hemings Sex Scandal by William G. Hyland Jr. Thomas Dunne/St Martin’s, 320 pp., $26.95 Since the hack journalist and thwarted office-seeker James ...

Daniel P. Jordan, who as president of the foundation that owns Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s plantation in Virginia, broadened its educational mission died March 21 in Charlottesville, Virginia.

<p>Sally Hemings (1773-1835), was a slave at Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello, pictured, and was the third president’s mistress, according to a DNA analysis in 1998.</p><p>Hemings was the ...