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Gayle Jessup White's 2021 book drew on oral histories, census records, and letters to show descent through Thomas Jefferson’s great-great-grandson Moncure Robinson Taylor and Rachael Robinson, an enslaved Black woman.
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Gayle Jessup White's 2021 book used oral histories, census records, and letters to trace her descent through Thomas Jefferson’s great-great-grandson Moncure Robinson Taylor and Rachael Robinson, an enslaved Black woman.
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{
    "date": "2021"
}
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Publication Slavery Thomas Jefferson Genealogy
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September 25, 2026 at 5:07 AM (3 weeks ago)
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September 25, 2026 at 5:07 AM (3 weeks ago)

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A Black Jefferson Descendant Is Buried at Monticello for the First Time
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https://nytimes.com/2026/09/22/arts/black-jefferson-descendant-buried-monticello.html

Cedric Jessup Jr., a Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson, was buried in the Jefferson family graveyard at Monticello, marking a historic first. This event coincides with new Smithsonian DNA research providing "extraordinary proof" of Jefferson fathering children with Sally Hemings.

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