This epic television miniseries explores the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38-year, ocean-spanning love affair that produced children,... Read allThis epic television miniseries explores the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38-year, ocean-spanning love affair that produced children, grandchildren, and lots of controversy.This epic television miniseries explores the complicated relationship of Thomas Jefferson and slave Sally Hemings, who conducted a 38-year, ocean-spanning love affair that produced children, grandchildren, and lots of controversy.
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- 4 wins & 5 nominations
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- TriviaSeveral progeny (children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren) of the Hemings/Jefferson relationship did in fact have Thomas Jefferson's trademark red hair; after leaving Monticello they lived openly as white, married white spouses, and personally identified as white, not black or colored. The progeny of the Hemings/Jefferson relationship were, in fact, 7/8 Caucasian European--and several were considered exceptionally handsome or beautiful.
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Sally Hemings: [to Jefferson] You cannot come to my bed, then go to your white Congress and do nothing against the plague on my people!
- Crazy creditsON SCREEN: In 1873, her son Madison was interviewed regarding the story of his parents.
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- Feb 18, 2000
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- Monticello
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