"That is, until a study of Jefferson and Hemings family DNA in 1998 proved that Jefferson had fathered Sally Hemings’ children. Then they ran to embrace Annette’s book.

It took DNA for the history of the Hemings family to be accepted by historians."

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Lucian K. Truscott, a lineal descendant of Thomas Jefferson, writes,

"When my friend Annette Gordon Reed wrote her first book, 'Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy,” the establishment of Jefferson historians came down on her hard. They tried to stamp out any possibility that Annette’s book would be taken seriously as a work of history."

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https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/let-us-now-celebrate-juneteenth

Descendent of #SallyHemings and #ThomasJefferson discusses her research. #White House #history https://www.whitehousehistory.org/events/white-house-history-live-reclamation-with-gayle-jessup-white?s=09