Historians In Awe Over Discovery At Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Property

Further Discoveries

Their archeological work eventually led them further down the South Wing where they continued to excavate an area. Here they found a space that had two heated rooms which were the quarters of enslaved domestic servants. As noted by Jefferson’s grandson Thomas Jefferson Randall, one of those rooms belonged to a woman named Sally Hemings.

Although they were originally attempting to discover the original construction and layout of the South Pavilion and Wing, they also ended up discovering the room of a female slave that has brought much controversy and debate in the historical and academic communities.

So who was she?