Nearly a year later, on June 23, 2018, the room was opened to the public, along with a small exhibit on Sally Hemings’ life and family. Hemings’ presence returned to Monticello 183 years after ...

By Kwame Anthony Appiah I have taken over keeping my family tree. I am fortunate that ... keeping out possible progeny by way of Sally Hemings, whom Jefferson enslaved at Monticello.) ...