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A Single Hair May Confirm Jefferson Fathered Sally Hemings's Children
Original: Jefferson’s link to Sally Hemings’s children may have been settled by a hair
New reporting suggests that DNA evidence from a strand of hair, believed to belong to Thomas Jefferson, may finally settle the long-debated question of whether the founding father fathered children with Sally Hemings, the enslaved woman at Monticello. The find reignites discussion of Jefferson's family legacy and the history of slavery in America, a topic historians have contested for decades.
Why now: Fresh DNA evidence bears on one of the most debated questions in American history
Thomas JeffersonSally HemingsMonticelloThe Washington Post
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- Jefferson’s link to Sally Hemings’s children may have been settled by a hair · The Washington Post
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