A man reads a plaque about Sally Hemings at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s estate in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday, June 16, 2018.

Sally Hemings (1773-1835) was a slave at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate Sally Hemings was the mother of six of Thomas Jefferson's children while she was enslaved at the Monticello estate.

The presidency is no stranger to scandal, dating back to when Thomas Jefferson dealt with allegations of a long-standing sexual relationship with one of his slaves, Sally Hemings.

One of the most well-known of these slaves was Sally Hemings. She's widely believed to have been mother to six of his children, although that fact was once fiercely disputed by some.

On June 16, 2018, descendants of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson reunited to help unveil the newly discovered living quarters of Hemings and her children. Alex Wong / Getty Images file ...

Author Annette Gordon-Reed broke down the story between Jefferson and Hemings in her 1998 book, Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy.

Sally Hemings — and her relatives Sally Hemings — and her relativesJefferson's concubine part of remarkable mixed-race slave family By FRITZ LANHAM, Chronicle News Services Nov 9, 2008 ...

Thomas Jefferson's biography got significantly more complicated when DNA evidence linked him to the descendants of Sally Hemings, a slave on his estate. Annette Gordon-Reed talks about her new ...

One of the most well-known of these slaves was Sally Hemings. She's widely believed to have been mother to six of his children, although that fact was once fiercely disputed by some.

WHITE: Sally Hemings' room would have been in what we call the south wing, which is an attachment to the main house kind of in a cellar-like area.