Annette Gordon-Reed, author of "Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings" profiles the lineage of the Hemings family. Ms. Gordon-Reed details numerous family members that preceded the better known Sally Hemings whom she recalls had a thirty-eight year relationship with Thomas Jefferson and bore seven of his children. This event took place at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia. "The Hemingses of Monticello" was the winner of the 2008 National Book Award for Non-Fiction.
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