Impossible, they said. But in 1998, DNA testing suggested a link between Thomas Jefferson’s line and at least one child and possibly more of slave Sally Hemings. Finally, in October 2015, Gettysburg ...

He also said his father was born of the president’s freed slaves, which resulted in Simon being born a free man. Then, in 1998, DNA research uncovered a suggested genetic link between Thomas Jefferson ...

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The presidency is no stranger to scandal, dating back to when Thomas Jefferson dealt with allegations of a long-standing sexual relationship with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings.

He repeatedly raped one enslaved woman, Sally Hemings, fathering six children with her. Jefferson’s thinking and behavior is characteristic of U.S. slaveholders prior to the Civil War.

Yet Jefferson maintained that Black people were inferior to white people and owned hundreds of slaves. He repeatedly raped one enslaved woman, Sally Hemings, fathering six children with her.

Yet Jefferson maintained that Black people were inferior to white people and owned hundreds of slaves. He repeatedly raped one enslaved woman, Sally Hemings, fathering six children with her.

He repeatedly raped one enslaved woman, Sally Hemings, fathering six children with her. Jefferson’s thinking and behavior is characteristic of U.S. slaveholders prior to the Civil War.