Her documentation reached impressive heights. Gordon-Reed did not write that book to promote sensationalism nor to become wealthy. Yes, that Sally Hemings, the slave who allegedly had become Jefferson's mistress and mother of his children.
Yes, that Thomas Jefferson, the former president of the United States, the sage of Monticello, perhaps the most admired of the Founding Fathers. Those who know the early history of the United States will recognize the enormity of her entry into a race-charged debate simply by reading the title of that 1997 book: "Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy."
Eleven years ago, Annette Gordon-Reed, then known primarily as a lawyer, left her zone of professional comfort to publish a book about slavery.
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