Almost 35 years ago, Sally Hemings and her enslaver Thomas Jefferson were reportedly sealed in posthumous marriage in a ...

Jeffrey Brown: Sally Hemings, no portrait exists, so we don't know what she looked like. But now this silhouette and a new exhibition here at Monticello bring a largely hidden story into the open ...

Monticello finally gives Sally Hemings her place in presidential history. Thomas Jefferson’s mansion now features Hemings’ room. June 18, 2018. Perspective by Philip Kennicott.

Sally Hemings Gets Her Own Room at Monticello A renovation at Thomas Jefferson’s estate will give the slave he likely fathered at least six children with a display in what may have been her quarters ...

Monticello historians are relatively confident that Sally Hemings lived in one of two rooms along the south wing, based on an encounter between Jefferson’s grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph and ...

The Sally Hemings’ exhibit is the culmination of a 25-year effort to deal with the reality of slavery in the home of one of liberty’s most eloquent champions. Skip to content.

A new exhibition at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate in Charlottesville, Va., displays artifacts from Sally Hemings, in her living quarters.

Sally Hemings Gets New Attention At Monticello Thomas Jefferson owned hundreds of slaves over the course of his life, something long unacknowledged at his Virginia plantation, Monticello. That's ...

Descendants of Sally Hemings gather at Monticello on June 16, 2018. Thomas Jefferson Foundation of Monticello. On June 16, 2018, at Thomas Jefferson’s ancestral home, Monticello, ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Archaeologists have excavated an area of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello mansion that has astounded even the most experienced social scientists: The living quarters of ...