Thomas Jefferson', the History channel's new six-part documentary series examines the complicated legacy of the third U.S.

Thomas Jefferson claimed he came up with a plan for the emancipation of enslaved Black Americans 100 years before the Civil ...

Jefferson’s former plantation home, owned by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation — an organization dedicated to historical ...

Three days before the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776, Thomas Jefferson purchased a thermometer from a local Philadelphia merchant while he was in town for the signing. He also ...

Jefferson inherited James Hemings from Wayles when the boy was just 8. He later took the 19-year-old Hemings with him ... according to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation. He also earned a wage ...

Eggplant was an important vegetable in the Old World ... claim President Thomas Jefferson brought eggplant seeds from France in the early 1800s to grow in his gardens at Monticello.

Laura Dean Bennett Staff Writer For self-styled students of American history, like me, Presidents Day provides an annual ...

Thomas Jefferson, who, as vice president, had presided as the 30-year-old Rep. Jackson exploded in fury, called him "a dangerous man" and told visitors to Monticello years later that he was ...

Old Hickory 3. The Father of His Country 4. The Sage of Monticello 5 ... starting with Thomas Jefferson and ending with Donald Trump, have first names not shared by any other POTUS.

Throughout history, American presidents who have an understanding of rural America and the farmers and ranchers living there ...