The fact that Thomas Jefferson had children with Sally Hemings was denied by Jefferson's family for almost two centuries–until DNA evidence confirmed it. A descendent of Sally Hemings learns the ...

But in off-Broadway's "Sally & Tom" by Suzan-Lori Parks, we see Thomas Jefferson as a slaveholder. The show, through May 26 at The Public Theater, is not always easy to watch, and often perplexing.

The Y chromosome keeps its family secrets and now, nearly two centuries later, DNA evidence has unequivocally linked a male descendant of Sally Hemings to the house of Thomas Jefferson.

Dr. Eugene A. Foster, a pathologist who used DNA testing to show Thomas Jefferson fathered at least one child with slave Sally Hemings, has died in Virginia. NYC toddler survives 3-story plunge ...

All men are created equal,” wrote slaveholder Thomas Jefferson, in words that have been a source of consternation ever since.

Speakers at the "Beyond Slavery" conference spoke on the following topics related to sexual violence in the era of slavery and Jim Crow. The story of Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson's enslaved lover ...