Sally Hemings

Sally Hemings, a young child and a slave, became part of an inheritance of Martha Wayles Jefferson, wife of Thomas. Sally served Jeffersons household at Monticello for almost 52 years. During that time, and after, rumors persisted that Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson were romantically involved. Sally may have borne his children. Oral history, historic letters, Jeffersons records, and 20th-century DNA tests may have proved them right.Ruffin, Frances E. is the author of 'Sally Hemings', published 2002 under ISBN 9780823958283 and ISBN 0823958280.