Sally, as most now know, was Sally Hemings, a woman Jefferson owned, having inherited her, her mother and siblings when his father-in-law, John Wayles, died in 1773.

Thomas Jefferson served as the U.S. minister to France between 1784 to 1789. In 1787, he was joined in Paris by his youngest daughter, Maria, and Sally Hemings, an enslaved teenager on his ...

Almost 35 years ago, Sally Hemings and her enslaver Thomas Jefferson were reportedly sealed in posthumous marriage in a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is Old News ...

Thomas Jefferson served as the U.S. minister to France between 1784 to 1789. In 1787, he was joined in Paris by his youngest daughter, Maria, and Sally Hemings, an enslaved teenager on his ...

<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 ...

Her decades-long investigation into her family history resulted in a 2021 book, Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson and a Descendant's Search for Her Family’s Lasting Legacy.

As Jon Meacham writes in “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power,” the contradictions are easily explained: No human being has lived without them.

<p>Sally Hemings (1773-1835), was a slave at Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s Monticello, pictured, and was the third president&#8217;s mistress, according to a DNA analysis in 1998.</p><p>Hemings was the ...

<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 ...