Sep 20, 2008

“The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family”


(NYTimes) - When, 11 years ago, DNA evidence convinced most experts that Thomas Jefferson had fathered children with his slave Sally Hemings, many people talked about what the discovery said about Jefferson. Yet few seemed all that interested in what it said about the young girl he owned. Annette Gordon-Reed was one of those few. Continued

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