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 well-known of these slaves was Sally Hemings. She’s widely believed to have been mother to six of his children, although that fact was once fiercely disputed by some.
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