New exhibit explores Jefferson's slave ownership
BRETT ZONGKERBRETT ZONGKER, Associated Press?
?Nineteenth century bilboes for a child, front, and an adult, typically found on slave ships, are displayed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History new exhibit: ?Slavery at Jefferson?s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty,? Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at the museum in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Nineteenth century bilboes for a child, front, and an adult, typically found on slave ships, are displayed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History new exhibit: ?Slavery at Jefferson?s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty,? Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at the museum in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Shannon Lanier points to the pictures on the cover of the book Jefferson's Children, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at a new exhibit: ?Slavery at Jefferson?s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty?. Lanier is a descendant of Thomas Jefferson's slave Sally Hemings. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
A nineteenth century bilboes for an adult, typically found on slave ships, is displayed at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History new exhibit: ?Slavery at Jefferson?s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty,? Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at the museum in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Shannon Lanier poses at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, new exhibit: ?Slavery at Jefferson?s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty?. Lanier is a descendant of Thomas Jefferson's slave Sally Hemings. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? As the Smithsonian continues developing a national black history museum, it's offering a look at Thomas Jefferson's lifelong slave ownership through an exhibit that explores the lives of six slave families at his Monticello plantation.
The exhibit at the National Museum of American History includes a look at the family of Sally Hemings, the slave who many historians believe had an intimate relationship with the third president. Some archaeological artifacts will be on public view for the first time.
Curators explore Jefferson's inherent conflict as he drafted the Declaration of Independence and called slavery an "abominable crime" but was a lifelong slave holder.
Construction is set to begin this year on the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the first addition to the National Mall since 2004.
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