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DNA study confirms Thomas Jefferson fathered children with enslaved Sally Hemings

America’s third president and one of its founding fathers kept more than 600 slaves

The Independent UK · Sep 22

A founding father's queer legacy

Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings' family tree keeps getting more complicated and colorful

Salon · Jul 27

‘I wish he had done more to free enslaved people’: Thomas Jefferson’s descendant on his family’s complex legacy

Shannon LaNier, Jefferson’s sixth great-grandson, reflects on his lineage and the role of African Americans in the nation’s founding

The Guardian - US · Jul 1

Fourth of July 2023: Which three US presidents died on Independence Day?

US celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence and remembers the Founding Fathers who made it possible

The Independent UK · Jul 4, 2022

25 unknown facts about Thomas Jefferson

Apparently the third president harvested opium and had a pet mockingbird named Dick

Salon · Apr 30, 2022

Sally Hemings' home unearthed

Thomas Jefferson's most famous slave is believed by many to have given birth to six of his children

Salon · Jul 3, 2017