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Almost 35 years ago, Sally Hemings and her enslaver Thomas Jefferson were reportedly sealed in posthumous marriage in a ...
If you know the name Angelica Schuyler, you just might be a fan of “Hamilton,” where she stole the show by belting out ...
Gordon-Reed has a law degree and a bachelor’s degree yet, apparently without a Ph.D. or even an M.A., is now teaching history at Harvard. Gordon-Reed made a major splash with Thomas Jefferson and ...
Leslie Greene Bowman, president of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, lauded White and “Reclamation” during a Nov. 16 book launch event at Monticello.
Monticello, which is owned and operated by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, a private nonprofit group, has dealt with difficult questions before, if not always willingly. For decades, it presented ...
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 ...
While Jefferson was in France, he sent for his 8-year-old daughter, whom he had he left behind in Virginia. Accompanying his daughter was Sally Hemings, his slave and the half-sister of his ...
FILE - In this May 11, 2016, file photo, a replica of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello stands in Somers, Conn. Friendly's ice cream co-founder S. Prestley Blake built the home in 2014.
“Thomas Jefferson” is the first docuseries in the History Channel’s “History Honors 250,” which will focus on people, innovations, heroes and achievements that have made this country ...
Sally Hemings Takes Center Stage A new exhibit at Monticello tells her story through the eyes of Madison Hemings, a son of hers and Thomas Jefferson. By Annette Gordon-Reed June 15, 2018 ...
Object Details Artist Gilbert Stuart, 3 Dec 1755 - 9 Jul 1828 Sitter Thomas Jefferson, 13 Apr 1743 - 4 Jul 1826 Exhibition Label Third president, 1801–1809 Thomas Jefferson authored the Declaration of ...