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1. www.britannica.com › biography › Sally-HemingsSally Hemings | American Enslaved Person & Thomas Jefferson’s ...

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   Jun 27, 2024 · Sally Hemings (born 1773, Charles City county, Virginia [U.S.]—died 1835, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.) was an American slave who was owned by U.S. Pres. Thomas Jefferson and is widely believed to have had a relationship with him that resulted in several children.

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   Jun 25, 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. Entitled “The Jefferson-Hemings Controversy: Report of the Scholars Commission,” it presents the conclusions of a yearlong inquiry by more than a dozen senior scholars from ...

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   5 days ago · Annette Gordon-Reed will always be most famous for having confirmed, beyond a reasonable doubt, the centuries-old rumors about Thomas Jefferson having had multiple children with a mixed-race woman named Sally Hemings, whom he owned.

5. www.biography.com › political-figures › thomas-jeffersonThomas Jefferson: Biography, U.S. President, Founding Father

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   3 days ago · History scholars and a significant body of DNA evidence indicate that Jefferson had an affair—and several children—with Sally Hemings, one of his enslaved people and the elder Martha’s half...

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   Jun 26, 2024 · Whereas Jefferson drafted the words “all men are created equal” in the US Declaration of Independence, he owned slaves and probably fathered children with one of them, Sally Hemings.

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   1 day ago · According to Sally's son, Madison Hemings, the 16-year-old Sally and Jefferson began a sexual relationship in Paris, where she became pregnant. The son indicated Hemings agreed to return to the United States only after Jefferson promised to free her children when they came of age.

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   Who was Sally Hemings?

   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Sally Hemings (born 1773, Charles City county, Virginia [U.S.]—died 1835, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.) was an American slave who was owned by U.S. Pres. Thomas Jefferson and is widely believed to have had a relationship with him that resulted in several children.

   Sally Hemings | American Enslaved Person & Thomas Jefferson’s Mistress

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   Was Thomas Jefferson the father of Sally Hemings's children?

   • The New Yorker. Archived from the original on June 20, 2018. Retrieved November 21, 2019. [T]oday most historians agree with the conclusion of a research committee convened by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, at Monticello: Jefferson "most likely was the father of all six of Sally Hemings's children." Ellis, Joseph J. (2000). "Jefferson: Post-DNA".

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   Who was Elizabeth Hemings?

   • Though most people are probably more likely to recognize the name of her daughter, Sally Hemings, Elizabeth Hemings was a powerful leader of an extensive family that was ingrained in all parts of life at Thomas Jefferson's plantation home. Monticello Guide Olivia Brown looks at her life and legacy.

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   Was Eston Hemings related to Thomas Jefferson?

   • But as the study’s director, Dr. Eugene Foster, emphasized in letters to the editor of both “Nature” and the New York Times, the DNA tests merely linked Eston Hemings to one of more than two-dozen Jefferson males known to have been in Virginia at the time. Thomas Jefferson’s DNA was not involved.

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10. www.monticello.org › elizabeth-hemings-mhpodElizabeth Hemings: Matriarch of the Hemings Family | Monticello

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    Jun 17, 2024 · Though most people are probably more likely to recognize the name of her daughter, Sally Hemings, Elizabeth Hemings was a powerful leader of an extensive family that was ingrained in all parts of life at Thomas Jefferson's plantation home.