But his iconic status has diminished in recent years thanks to a widespread belief that he fathered a child by Sally Hemings, his enslaved servant. In reality, the 1998 DNA tests alleged to prove ...

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

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 ...

Matthew: Sometimes, I've learned, one puzzle construction can inspire another one. A while back, in a crossword for another publication, I clued the common 3-letter entry SIS with a reference to ...

which recounts the history of four generations of the Hemings family, from their origins in Africa until the death of Jefferson, their master and the father of Sally Hemings’ children.

Sally Jenkins began her second stint at The Washington Post in 2000 after spending the previous decade working as a book author and as a magazine writer. She was named the nation’s top sports ...

Lisa Hogan humbled Jeremy Clarkson with a stinging swipe at his bedroom skills as Clarkson's Farm pig breeding scenes take a very personal turn. Season four of the hit Prime Video series ...

India's first bullet train project, connecting Mumbai and Ahmedabad, has achieved a significant milestone with 300 km of viaduct work completed, announced Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.

Hemings got so good at wood-crafting that he eventually built chairs, tables and repaired carriages for the Founding Father and third president. Half-brother to Sally Hemings, Jefferson’s ...

The number “one” may be at the top of the podium in competitive sports and bestselling charts, but in real estate, one-bedroom units are often dismissed in favour of two or more. However ...

Thomas Eakins’s “Swimming,” an acclaimed and scandalous picture, was displayed in the first lady’s hotel bedroom in November 1963. The night before her husband’s assassination ...

BRUSSELS, May 23 (Reuters) - Princess Elisabeth, the 23-year-old future queen of Belgium, has just completed her first year at Harvard University but the ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump ...