Denying Sally Hemings's offspring a place in their ranks won't spare the 700 lineal descendants of Mr. Jefferson and his wife, Martha, from continued scholarly and popular talk about the ...

Sally Hemings might be a household name these days, but we still know so little about the relationship between Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. Yet, Hemings endures as a figure of endless fascination ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, May 4 -- Descendants of slave Sally Hemings, declaring they were tired of drawing hostile stares at gatherings hosted by white kin of Thomas Jefferson, said today that they will ...

Sally Hemings is a name that is seldom seen in history books, yet one that forces many to confront our nation’s difficult past. Her story is often intertwined with American Founding Father ...

Sometimes it was both. It’s not one or the other.” Born in 1773, Hemings was the daughter of Elizabeth “Betty” Hemings, an enslaved woman, and John Wayles, her enslaver.

425 Lafayette Street, New York, New York, NY SYNOPSIS: Playwright Luce has sky-high hopes for her latest script, which examines the complex relationship between Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson.