The only surviving descriptions of Sally Hemings emphasized her light skin, long straight hair and good looks. She had four children (according to Jefferson’s records)—Beverly, Harriet, Madison and Eston—several of them were so light-skinned that they later passed for white. Jefferson never ...
Descendants of Sally Hemings attend Jefferson family reunion
Profile: Descendants of Sally Hemings fight to become part of the Jefferson Family Association at MonticelloBOB EDWARDS
But then came the report in 1998 that DNA tests strongly indicated that Jefferson had fathered at least one of the children of Sally Hemings, his mulatto slave. Last week the issue 鈥Wingert, PatWashington Post
The alleged affair between Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, and his slave Sally Hemings was proven as a fact by DNA analysis in 1998. While many historians continue to deny the affair, some have accepted the love affair between Jefferson and Hemings as fact, and ...
Jefferson family reunion opens gathering to descendants of Sally Hemings.Macklin, William R
Jefferson group rejects descendants of slave Says evidence is lacking he had child with Sally HemingsMichael Buettner
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