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  2. The Hemingses of Monticello - Wikipedia

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    The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family is a 2008 book by American historian Annette Gordon-Reed.It recounts the history of four generations of the African-American Hemings family, from their African and Virginia origins until the 1826 death of Thomas Jefferson, their master and the father of Sally Hemings' children.

  3. Madison Hemings - Wikipedia

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    Shannon Lanier and Jane Feldman, Jefferson's Children: The Story of One American Family New York: Random House Books for Young Readers, 2000 (with photos of Jefferson descendants on both sides) Stanton, Lucia. Free Some Day: The African-American Families of Monticello, Charlottesville: Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 2000.

  4. Sally Hemings - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 December 2024. Slave of Thomas Jefferson (c. 1773–1835) Sally Hemings Born Sarah Hemings c. 1773 Charles City County, Virginia, British America Died 1835 (aged 61–62) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. Known for Slave owned by Thomas Jefferson, alleged mother to his shadow family Children 6 ...

  5. Jefferson–Hemings controversy - Wikipedia

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    Caricature of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, ca.1804, attributed to James Akin (American Antiquarian Society). In 1802, the journalist James T. Callender, after being refused an appointment to a postmaster position by Jefferson and issuing veiled threats of "consequences," reported that Jefferson had fathered several children with a slave concubine named Sally.

  6. Thomas Jefferson and slavery - Wikipedia

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    Jefferson proposed that African-American children born in America be bought by the federal government for $12.50 and that these slaves be sent to Santo Domingo. [99] Jefferson admitted that his plan would be liberal and may even be unconstitutional, but he suggested a constitutional amendment to allow congress to buy slaves.

  7. Harriet Hemings - Wikipedia

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    A vocal minority of critics, [14] [15] such as the Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society (TJHS), dispute Jefferson's paternity of Hemings's children. [16] They have concluded that there is insufficient evidence to determine that Jefferson was the father of Hemings's children.

  8. Lerone Bennett Jr. - Wikipedia

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    The magazine served as his base for the publication of a series of articles on African-American history. Some were collected and published as books. Bennett wrote a 1954 article "Thomas Jefferson's Negro Grandchildren", [3] about the 20th-century lives of individuals claiming descent from Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings. It brought black ...

  9. Annette Gordon-Reed - Wikipedia

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    Her first book, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy, sparked considerable interest from fellow scholars, as it investigated and analyzed the long-standing historical controversy of whether Thomas Jefferson had a sexual relationship with his slave Sally Hemings and fathered children by her. Most academic historians had ...

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