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6 lip 2020 · The sixth-great-grandson of Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings has shared an image of himself posing alongside the third US president as part of a photo series.
14 lut 2019 · At the expansive Monticello Estate in Virginia, there sits a simple room with white walls, brick floors and a single silhouette that represents the life of Sally Hemings, one of Thomas...
16 cze 2018 · CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Hundreds of people count themselves as descendants of Thomas Jefferson. And their numbers grew substantially after a DNA test in 1998 bolstered the case for Jefferson’s...
16 gru 2022 · As she walked the grounds of Monticello, Gayle Jessup White told the story of those who once lived there — Thomas Jefferson, who enslaved more than 600 people, and the families he forced to work there.
9 lis 2020 · Julia Isaacs Jefferson’s son, Beverly, and grandsons. Credit: Monticello. These kinds of contradictions are woven into the fabric of American democracy. Recalling them is a painful yet necessary part of understanding how we have arrived at our own moment of crisis.
An in-depth look at Sally Hemings, who was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson and bore several of his children, using research, videos, and oral histories, and the recollections of her son Madison Hemings to tell what is known -- and unknown -- about her life and story.
Beverly Hemings (1798-after 1822) was the oldest surviving son of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson listed Beverly Hemings among Monticello's tradesmen [1] and Jefferson's correspondence with his overseer Edmund Bacon indicates he worked as a carpenter and assistant to Monticello's coopers making barrels. [2]
