A President in the Family by Byron W. Woodson Sr.

Any remaining doubts about Jefferson’s paternity were apparently removed when the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, the organization that owns and operates Jefferson’s historic Charlottesville, Virginia, home Monticello, issued a report soon afterward declaring that “the best evidence available suggests the strong likelihood that Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings had a relationship over time that led to the birth of one, and perhaps all, of the known children of Sally Hemings.” Several notable scholars of Jefferson quickly reversed their previous denials of the affair. In October 1998 the announcement that DNA analysis identified Thomas Jefferson as the most likely father of a child by his slave Sally Hemings seemed to bring to a conclusion a historical debate that had been waging for years. (Charlottesville, Va.: Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 2000. xviii, 271.)įree Some Day: The African American Families of Monticello, By Lucia Stanton.

207.)Ī President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson. (Charlottesville, Va.: Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society, 2001. The Jefferson-Hemings Myth: An American Travesty. Stevenson University (formerly Villa Julie College) Sally Hemings: Barbara Chase-Riboud, reprint 2000.Jefferson's Children: The Story of an American Family. Shannon Lanier, Jane Feldman, 2000. For young adults.The Jefferson Scandals: A Rebuttal. Virginius Dabney, Reprint, 1991.The Thomas Jefferson Heritage Society, Eyler Robert Coates Sr., 2001 The Jefferson-Hemings Myth: An American Travesty.Anatomy of a Scandal: Thomas Jefferson and the Sally Story.Sally Hemings: An American Scandal: The Struggle to Tell the Controversial True Story. Tina Andrews, 2002.A President in the Family: Thomas Jefferson, Sally Hemings, and Thomas Woodson: Byron W.Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History: Fawn M.Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson: History, Memory, and Civic Culture: Jan Lewis, Peter S.Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy: Annette Gordon-Reed and Midori Takagi, reprint 1998.Jefferson's Secrets: Death and Desire in Monticello. Andrew Burstein, 2005.A video from A&E/Biography: 'Here is the complete story of the woman at the center of the first presidential sex scandal.' (DVD or VHS)

A President in the Family by Byron W. Woodson Sr.