"After almost 15 years of research, we now know with great certainty that the man who defined our national quest for freedom bore his own children into slavery. Our findings do not in any way negate the aspirations expressed by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence"...or do they?
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Did Thomas Jefferson Father Sally Hemings' Children? After More Than a Decade of Research, the Answer Is Finally Firmly in Hand
A lock of hair, advances in genetic science and a community of descendants all contributed to solving an American mystery