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6 days ago · A new book raises serious doubts about the allegation that Thomas Jefferson had a sexual relationship with the enslaved Sally Hemings that produced one or more children.
Jun 18, 2024 · Sally Hemings: An American Scandal is a 2000 film written by Tina Andrews and directed by Charles Haid.
Jun 19, 2024 · In part one, we learn about Sally's family and childhood and how a series of coincidences led her Sally Hemings was born in 1773 to enslaved mother Elizabeth Hemings and Elizabeth's enslaver, John Wayles.
May 31, 2024 · To show the scientific usefulness of the Y chromosome, the textbook explained how scholars were able to use DNA evidence to confirm that Thomas Jefferson fathered a child with his enslaved servant,...
6 days ago · Vulgar History a la Carte is a companion newsletter to the Vulgar History podcast. This week on the podcast, I’m talking about 18th-century American history icon Sally Hemings. Sources. Death and the Virgin Queen: Elizabeth I and the Dark Scandal That Rocked the Throne by Chris Skidmore
Jun 13, 2024 · Historians Uncover Slave Quarters of Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
6 days ago · The story that Jefferson fathered children by Sally Hemings is almost certainly a myth. DNA tests in 1998 showed that one of the more than two dozen Jefferson males in Virginia in 1807 likely fathered Sally’s son Eston, but no DNA sample from Thomas Jefferson was available for testing.
