For these reasons and others, it’s Sally Hemings, not Martha Wayles Skelton, who should be recognized as first lady. Advertisement This may seem a complex concept to wrap one’s mind around.

Sally Hemings remained with Thomas Jefferson until his death on July 4, 1826. After Jefferson Jefferson’s will freed the remaining Hemings children — Madison and Eston.

Sally Hemings became Thomas Jefferson's property as part of his inheritance from the Wayles estate in 1774 and came with her mother Elizabeth Hemings in 1776. As a child, ...

In an 1873 interview with the Pike County Republican newspaper, Madison Hemings, the second son of Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings, told a story. It was a story that would confirm the ...

Perhaps 16-year-old Sally Hemings was simply outmatched in a debate with a persuasive, powerful, 46-year-old man. Or perhaps she saw a chance to improve life for her family.

Stephen O’Connor’s Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings, which came out on Tuesday, is about our third president’s relationship with Sally Hemings, his slave.DNA evidence has proved that ...

CHARLOTTESVILLE — The room where historians believe Sally Hemings slept was just steps away from Thomas Jefferson's bedroom. But in 1941, the caretakers of Monticello turned it into a restroom ...