This is part 2 of a two-part series. By Donald R. Serfass [email protected] imon Jefferson had a remarkable story to tell ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A commission of scholars Thursday disputed claims that Thomas Jefferson fathered children with his slave Sally Hemings, and said the evidence points instead to Jefferson s ...

Aristotle argued that some people, such as those with mental impairments, were inferior to those with greater mental faculties. He believed this was part of the natural order. Enslaved persons, as ...

Three years after the Thomas Jefferson Foundation celebrated her addition to its board, acclaimed Jefferson historian Annette Gordon-Reed has resigned.

A growing body of evidence suggests she might have survived into old age — which would entirely change the story of America’s ...

The new biography by Molly Beer explores Schuyler's life and relies heavily on letters written by, to and about her.

Born in Charles City County, Virginia, Hemings was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson. He later became Jefferson's personal chef and would go on to display culinary brilliance.

A sheriff’s deputy serving an eviction notice in rural Jefferson County discovered a home in deplorable condition and multiple occurrences of child neglect and animal abuse.

BLACK FOLKS. SALLY HEMINGS YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT. THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT. THAT WAS THAT WAS THE THAT WAS THE WHOLE SORT OF FOUNDATION OF THE STORY IN MANY WAYS.