Nearly a year later, on June 23, 2018, the room was opened to the public, along with a small exhibit on Sally Hemings’ life and family. Hemings’ presence returned to Monticello 183 years after ...

What makes the Jefferson-Hemings story noteworthy is the family connection they shared. Sally was not just an enslaved woman; she was the half-sister of Jefferson’s dead wife. And in Virginia ...

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By Kwame Anthony Appiah I have taken over keeping my family tree. I am fortunate that ... keeping out possible progeny by way of Sally Hemings, whom Jefferson enslaved at Monticello.) ...