While a genetic link with Jefferson's family has been shown in only one of Sally Hemings' sons, Eston, many of the other families assert they are related, too.

Podcaster Show PlayerIt’s a contradiction that courses through White’s bloodstream and inhabits her DNA as a descendant of both Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, the enslaved Black woman ...

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 ...

By the time Jefferson was born April 13, 1743, his country had already birthed its original sin of slavery, whose legacy continues to haunt.

I asked Annette Gordon-Reed, the Harvard scholar and author of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy, what she made of the Adams references.

Sally Hemings is a name that is seldom seen in history books, yet one that forces many to confront our nation’s difficult past.

The Start of Thomas Jefferson's Sexual Relationship with Enslaved, 14-Year-Old Sally Hemings Examined in New Doc 'Thomas Jefferson' takes a close look at the "unequal power relationship" between ...

Photo supplied, The History Channel/Glass Entertainment Group "Thomas Jefferson," a new three-night docuseries on the History Channel, premieres Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, on Presidents Day.