Jefferson's Monticello Makes Room For Sally Hemings
As part of a restoration initiative to interweave Monticello's dynamic history, a new exhibit at Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate gives humanity to an enslaved woman who bore six of his children.
Until now, the slaves who lived at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate, existed largely in the background.
On Saturday, Monticello unveiled new exhibits designed to amplify hundreds of people whose enslavement helped create and run the Founding Father's grandiose home.
One of the most.
