Sally Hemings and her enslaver Thomas Jefferson were reportedly sealed in posthumous marriage in a temple of the Church of ...

The Start of Thomas Jefferson's Sexual Relationship with Enslaved, 14-Year-Old Sally Hemings Examined in New Doc 'Thomas Jefferson' takes a close look at the "unequal power relationship" between ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

The real, historical Thomas Jefferson never wrote anything about Sally Hemings, his slave and companion for decades. But she comes to life in a complex new novel from author Stephen O'Connor.