Further evidence of what NPS has in store at the Jefferson Memorial can be found a few yards to the southwest along the Tidal ...

An insatiable desire to learn her family’s story landed Gayle Jessup White at Monticello, a place she describes as “the epicenter of the American paradox.” The paradox, of course, is that ...

The fact that Thomas Jefferson had children with Sally Hemings was denied by Jefferson's family for almost two centuries–until DNA evidence confirmed it. A descendent of Sally Hemings learns the ...

For some decades now, we’ve had a strong emphasis on debunking the erstwhile heroes of the past. Granted, such reckonings are ...

The Ross County Historical Society is looking for donations for their new local African-American history exhibit.

Half-brother to Sally Hemings, Jefferson’s enslaved lover and half-sister of his late wife, John Hemings was one of just five people freed in Jefferson’s will. In 1847, a preacher and real ...

What impact did Thomas Jefferson have on the genesis of US democracy? How did the third president double the country’s size, and what were his thoughts on slavery?

After decades of working in parallel worlds of sculpture and fiction, Barbara Chase-Riboud is achieving deserved worldwide ...

The plantation is located in Albemarle County, Va., and there, Jefferson impregnated an enslaved woman named Sally Hemings. Life on Monticello was similar to that of other southern plantations.

As a wedding present, Jefferson had a "beautiful"—his word—inlaid desk made for her new home in Massachusetts by a cabinetmaker at Monticello, John Hemings (the half brother of Sally Hemings ...

Harrison Ruffin Tyler was just three generations from the White House, since his father and grandfather both fathered children in their 70s. The chemical engineer helped preserve his family's legacy.

Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman of mixed race, bore six of Jefferson’s children. Today, Monticello is a UNESCO World Heritage Site that offers guided tours exploring Jefferson’s home ...