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Jefferson's Children: Lanier Traces Roots to Jefferson Genealogy
Shannon Lanier, a Kent State junior, pursues a book tracing his lineage to Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Through DNA and archival records, he interviews Hemings and Jefferson descendants, travels to Monticello and Chillicothe, and recounts the mixed reactions within a sprawling family divided by slavery and race.
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Aui
U.S
Shannon Lanier
Tiiuttas Jefferson
Lanier
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson
Sally Hemibss
Hemings Clan
Monticello
Kent State University
Hemings
Jane Feldman
Hemingses
Jeffersons
Madison Hemings
Sally Hemings
Priscilla
Maison Hemings
Thomas Jefferson
Barger
Lucian Truscott
Truscott
Feldman
Martha Jefferson
Theso
Virginia
Ohio
Madison
Eston
Ella Cooper
Chillicothe
Underground
Istterson