of Jefferson standing in front of stacks of bricks. Each of the bricks was stamped with the name of one of the 607 slaves Jefferson owned in his lifetime, including the name of John Hemmings. This statue is visible today in the Paradox of Liberty section of the National Museum of African American History and Culture. See also Sally Hemings Jefferson DNA data Monticello Poplar Forest References Further reading Gordon-Reed, Annette. The Hemingses of Monticello: an American Family, New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008 Stanton, Lucia. Free Some Day: The African-American Families of Monticello, Charlottesville: Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 2000 External links "Getting Word: African-American Family Histories", Monticello Exhibit Page for "Paradox of Liberty: Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello." 1776 births 1830 deaths People from Monticello 18th-century American slaves American woodcarvers Thomas Jefferson Hemings family American people of Irish descent