He expanded the educational mission of Thomas Jefferson’s plantation. He also embraced research that showed Jefferson had fathered the children of one of his slaves. By Richard Sandomir Six ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OPINION: “Removing a Thomas Jefferson statue is just a performative action to circumvent having informed discussions on race in ...

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 Jefferson's ...

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. Blake, who ...

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 ...

Almost 35 years ago, Sally Hemings and her enslaver Thomas Jefferson were reportedly sealed in posthumous marriage in a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This is Old News, ...

This is the story of a love that developed over a lifetime, through the filter of race. “From the Diary of Sally Hemings” gives us a fictional glimpse into the complex being of someone who refused to ...

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