Sally Hemings — and her relatives Sally Hemings — and her relativesJefferson's concubine part of remarkable mixed-race slave family By FRITZ LANHAM, Chronicle News Services Nov 9, 2008 ...

Many of those descended from the Hemings children did not know of their black ancestry until recently. Daniel Hemmings, 52, a warehouse manager who lives near Charlottesville, said he considers ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Archeologists have excavated an area of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello mansion that has astounded even the most experienced social scientists: The living quarters of Sally ...

NPR's Emily Harris reports that descendants of Thomas Jefferson are publishing a report that attempts to disprove Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings, one of his slaves. They're trying ...

Commentary: Sally Hemings, a slave owned by Thomas Jefferson, is rumored to have borne him one or more children as a result of a sexual union between the two that began in Paris while he was U.S ...

While Hemings could’ve stayed in the country, Jefferson promised her that any children she birthed by him would be free at the age of 21. She died at the age of 60 and was never formally freed ...

One of the most well-known of these slaves was Sally Hemings. She's widely believed to have been mother to six of his children, although that fact was once fiercely disputed by some.

<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 ...