Further evidence of what NPS has in store at the Jefferson Memorial can be found a few yards to the southwest along the Tidal ...

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 ...

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 ...

These trends have taken a toll on boys. If we’re unwilling to identify any specific people in the past to declare they lived ...

The Ross County Historical Society is looking for donations for their new local African-American history exhibit.

Half-brother to Sally Hemings, Jefferson’s enslaved lover and half-sister of his late wife, John Hemings was one of just five people freed in Jefferson’s will. In 1847, a preacher and real ...

What impact did Thomas Jefferson have on the genesis of US democracy? How did the third president double the country’s size, and what were his thoughts on slavery?

The plantation is located in Albemarle County, Va., and there, Jefferson impregnated an enslaved woman named Sally Hemings. Life on Monticello was similar to that of other southern plantations.

As a wedding present, Jefferson had a "beautiful"—his word—inlaid desk made for her new home in Massachusetts by a cabinetmaker at Monticello, John Hemings (the half brother of Sally Hemings ...

Harrison Ruffin Tyler was just three generations from the White House, since his father and grandfather both fathered children in their 70s. The chemical engineer helped preserve his family's legacy.

Philip Hamilton's life was full of promise. The 19-year-old son of founding father Alexander Hamilton, Philip was well on his way to a successful career in law and beyond. Held to high standards by ...