sally hemmings her father was peter hemmings a brother of sally hemings, which means that peter hemmings was my three times great-grandfather. we were doing high fives down there in kenwood. it i was so happy to make that discovery and to find out that i'm a hemis after all. historically speaking. what does this mean? thomas jefferson's father-in-law have relations with a woman named elizabeth hemmings. they had several children together including sally hemmings. and my three times great-grandfather peter hammonds. thomas jefferson had relations with sally hammonds. they had several children together. thomas jefferson's son-in-law her relations with a hemmings betty hemmings whose ancestors here with us tonight. and after his i should add after his wife died after thomas. jefferson's wife died and my great-grandmother had relations. my great-grandmother who was a hemmings her relations with a jefferson descendant. that's four generations of hemmingses. and people related to the jefferson family entangled with each other by blood. by blood so this is a quintessential american story and pa

pleasure to welcome you this evening as we celebrate the launch of gayle jessup white reclamation sally hemmingsthomas jefferson and a descendants search for her family's lasting legacy. and before we get started, i want to welcome a very special guest who's with here tonight. who's with us? we are greatly honored that the first lady of virginia. here tonight with us. thank you.

and prior to that then you think where was sally hemmings? . . .or it is absolute essential for understanding this nation. we went next call for carol anderson comes from nay and mesa, arizona. >> hello. this is a wonderful show. i never watched c-span i happen to turn the tv on. then i just got intrigued. i am 60, a black man, i live in mesa, arizona. i had returned back to school back when i was 47. en entrepreneurship. but to go into the class i had to write in english paper to get accepted into the university. and so i basically picked a topic of the disproportionate incarceration ofer african-american mail. ages of 18 -- 35 protocol the paper bound by law. and as i was listening to you, you are a teacher of a masters program at emory, is that correct? yes i'm a professor at emory university in the department of african-american studies. and i have history students. we went and your chair. works my grandfather was a historian. i wanted to get my masters but i wasn't sure what i wanted toi . i turned your show on and i heard you talking. s

he was wonderful and then you're like so where was sally hemmings. that narrative, that history is essential for understanding the battles that we have as america. this kind of we hold these truths to be self-evident. but we've got to protect slavery. we are the leader of the free world. we are the jim crowleader of the free world . that kind of dichotomy is absolutely essential for understanding this nation. >> next call for carol anderson comes from nate in mesa arizona. >> hi. this is a wonderful show. ms. anderson, i never watch c-span. i just happened to turn the tv on and i just got intrigued. i'm 60, black man. i live in mesa arizona and i returned to school back when i was 47, doctor got a degree in entrepreneurship but to go into the class i had to write a leadership paper to be accepted into the university. so i basically just picked a topic of the disproportionate incarceration african-american males in 1818 and 35. >> .. i can't go to every, is an online masters program? >> thank you, dave. >> meant of my classes were online. during the h

founding fathers, oh my god, he was brilliant, he was wonderful, and then you are like, where was sally hemmings? that narrative, that history is essential for understanding the battles that we have in america, this kind of, we hold these choose to be self-evident, but we've got to protect slavery. we are the leader of the free world, we are the jim crow leader of the free world. that kind of dichotomy is absolutely essential for understanding this nation. host: next call comes from nate in arizona. caller: hi. this is a wonderful show. ms. anderson, i never watch c-span, i just happened to turn the tv on. i just got intrigued. i am 60, black man, i live in arizona. i had returned to school when i was 47, got a degree and entrepreneurship. but to go into the class, i had to write an english paper to get accepted into the university. i basically just picked a topic, the disproportionate incarceration of african-american males. the ages of 18 and 35. so i called the paper, down by law. as i was listening to you, you are a teacher, you are a professor of a masters program at emory? is that correct?

hemmings. who was the older sister to james hemings and sally hemings on and fawcett grew up as a member of the hemis family. he didn't have to do made the same manual labor that some other enslaved people did on the plantation. but jefferson died in 1826. peter was only 11 and all of a sudden his life completely changed families were broken up 130 people were auctioned after jefferson's death. joseph was actually one of the people that were that were freed, but but peter was not he was sold to a master a very cruel master who forbade him to read who whipped him, you know, it was a very is a time of suffering for that for this young man who left monticello. he tried to escape and was caught and brought back. eventually joseph foster joseph fawcett rather with the help of some friends was able to buy his son's freedom and they all the whole family moved to ohio peter fawcett became a reverend. he became a caterer had a successful business. he worked with the underground railroad. and years later it was in 1900. he was 85 at this time. he was invited back to monticello. so by this time, you know,

hemmings. giving credence to the oral history that they were related to him years after his wife debt wife's death jefferson father at least six of sally having his children four of whom survived to adopt and are mentioned. in jefferson's plantation records their daughter harriet and elder son. beverly were allowed to leave botticello during his lifetime in the youngest. two younger sons madison and esther were freed in his will others of the sons actually worked on poplar forests, which was built as a kind of retreat for jefferson and he would go down there while it was under construction and so he would have been there at the same time that these children of his were also there so while jefferson is building. this plantation operation he is also elaborated this neoclassical monument at its center his main house which is an essay in architecture and particularly in the classical tradition. as his understanding of a change over the course of his life. and as his knowledge of contemporary group developments at great britain and in france changed. so the first design was this one? this two-story design, which we'll see in a moment was ve