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1 day ago · Sally Hemings. Sarah " Sally " Hemings ( c. 1773 – 1835) was a female slave with one-quarter African ancestry who was owned by president of the United States Thomas Jefferson, one of many he inherited from his father-in-law, John Wayles. Hemings' mother was Betty Hemings, [1] the daughter of a female slave and an English captain, John Hemings.
Jul 11, 2024 · A new book raises serious doubts about the allegation that Thomas Jefferson had a sexual relationship with the enslaved Sally Hemings that produced one or more children.
5 days ago · At other times, however, the wit employed both on behalf of and against Jefferson bordered on the racially brutal and would never pass muster, even in a relatively less politically-correct time than our own. This was especially true in the matter of Sally Hemings. Jefferson’s supporters, though, matched the invective of his detractors.
Jul 10, 2024 · In this episode of In the Course of Human Events, historians from Monticello's Getting Word African American Oral History Project share the recent rediscovery of Robert Hemmings’s signature, a revelation confirming the literacy and the agency of the man that Thomas Jefferson enslaved as his valet.
Jul 18, 2024 · Historians Uncover Slave Quarters of Sally Hemings at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello
2 days ago · Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 [b] – July 4, 1826) was an American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. [6] He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. Following the American Revolutionary War and prior to ...
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Jun 30, 2024 · Especially disturbing to many were the DNA results of the 1998 study revealing that Jefferson had almost certainly fathered a child with his slave Sally Hemings, thirty years his junior. (For more on this story, see “Tom and Sally”: The Jefferson - Hemings paternity debate.)
