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Archaeologists have excavated an area of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello mansion and uncovered the slave quarters of Sally Hemings.

Sally Hemings was considered to be very beautiful with "straight hair down her back". No known portrait exists. If drawings were ever created, they were either destroyed or lost over the years. Some speculate that due to their kinship, Hemings and Martha Jefferson may have looked very similar which could have been a key factor in Jefferson’s attraction to Sally Hemings.

The room, unearthed at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate in Charlotesville, Virgina, went unnoticed for decades. It didn't have any windows and was next to Jefferson's room.

The room, unearthed at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate in Charlotesville, Virgina, went unnoticed for decades. It didn't have any windows and was next to Jefferson's room.

The room, unearthed at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate in Charlotesville, Virgina, went unnoticed for decades. It didn't have any windows and was next to Jefferson's room.

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Martha Jefferson was Virginia elite. Her half-sister Harriet, though seven-eighths white, was deemed a slave at birth. No one could have predicted their fates.

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Most people know the story of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. He was a Founding Father, author of the Declaration of Independence, and a slave-owning ...