'Thomas Jefferson', the History channel's new six-part documentary series examines the complicated legacy of the third U.S. president, including the start of his relationship with Sally Hemings ...

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 ...

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 ...

Critics focused on how Jefferson wrote the words “all men are created equal” but never freed his own slaves and started a relationship with LaNier’s direct matrilineal ancestor Sally Hemings ...

By 1789, while serving as the U.S. minister to France, Jefferson, then in his mid 40s, had begun a sexual relationship with Sally Hemings, a 16-year-old enslaved woman owned by Jefferson (who was ...

When Jefferson is at Monticello, Sally Hemings is getting pregnant. ... Watch it with the kids. Thomas Jefferson. Begins Monday, 8 p.m., The History Channel. Mr. Anderson is the Journal’s TV critic.

Sally Hemings is a name that is seldom seen in history books, ... FILE - In this May 11, 2016, file photo, a replica of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello stands in Somers, ...

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.

Critics focused on how Jefferson wrote the words “all men are created equal” but never freed his own slaves and started a relationship with LaNier’s direct matrilineal ancestor Sally Hemings ...