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

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a filly can't be named "Sally Hemings" after Thomas Jefferson's most famous slave and reputed lover.

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.

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.