Lauren Davila

Lauren Davila is a historian and adjunct professor at the College of Charleston specializing in the history of slavery in the United States.

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Slavery

Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: What’s Known

The Founding Father's 38-year relationship with Hemings, a woman he enslaved at his Monticello estate, has raised controversy for two centuries.