Thomas Jefferson Foundation 
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SOURCE: NYT
6-15-18
Sally Hemings Takes Center Stage
by Annette Gordon-Reed
For centuries, historians denied Jefferson’s relationship with Sally Hemings. This exhibit has been a long time coming, but better late than never.
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SOURCE: NYT
6-16-18
Monticello Is Done Avoiding Jefferson’s Relationship With Sally Hemings
A new exhibit grapples with the reality of slavery and deals a final blow to two centuries of ignoring or covering up what amounted to an open secret.
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6-15-18
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Now Claims He Fathered Six Children with Sally Hemings
by M. Andrew Holowchak
But is the matter really settled?
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SOURCE: UVA Today
9-18-16
Weekend summit on slavery held at Monticello
Historian Peter Onuf started off the first panel discussion looking at the country’s founding and key lessons from slavery up through the Civil Rights Movement.
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SOURCE: AP
4-15-13
Va. Group Looks to Preserve Monticello’s View
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The foundation that owns Thomas Jefferson’s estate hopes to take efforts to preserve Monticello’s spectacular mountain views a step further, an idea that worries some developers.A request the group filed with the Albemarle County Planning Commission calls for nearly quadrupling the size of what’s known as the Monticello viewshed and expanding voluntary guidelines for developers in the region.“There’s a reason we’re up there with the pyramids and the Great Wall,” said Leslie Greene Bowman , president of the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. “It has a lot do with Jefferson’s vision, not only figuratively but literally.”...
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