Many people know that Thomas Jefferson had a long-standing relationship with his slave, Sally Hemings. But fewer know that they had four children, three boys and a girl, who survived to adulthood.

This story was originally published in 2019. For our complete Black History Month coverage, click here. As the second act of the hit Broadway musical “Hamilton” begins, Thomas Jefferson has ...

but because her mother was Sally Hemings, Harriet was born into slavery. Sally, however, had dared to strike a bargain with Jefferson in Paris: She would give up her French freedom and return with ...

(Harriet was one of seven children Hemings had by Jefferson, although some died very young.) A highlight of Kerrison's work is that while noting the gender constraints that hemmed in white women ...

In fact, Hemings' sisters were involved in similar unions. Yet Jefferson's exalted status ... she had a daughter named Harriet, who was born in 1795 and died in 1797. She also had a daughter ...

Harriet's parents were Madison Hemings (1805-77) and Mary Hughes McCoy. Madison Hemings' parents were Sally Hemings (1773-Sept. 6, 1835) and Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743-July 4, 1826).

And — as with Harriet Beecher Stowe’s “Uncle Tom ... “At the beginning I assumed that Jefferson and Hemings’ relationship had commenced with rape and amounted to, at best, a grudging ...

TikTok user @doorbender said: "When Harriet Tubman was born, Thomas Jefferson was alive ... There was also the story of Sally Hemings. The TikTok user, @doorbender, ended the video by saying ...