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Harriet Hemings (May 1801 – after 1822) was born into slavery at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, in the first year of his presidency. Most historians believe her father was Jefferson, who is now believed to have fathered, with his slave Sally Hemings, four children who survived to adulthood.
Mar 13, 2019 · Harriet Hemings was the only surviving daughter of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson. She ran away from Monticello in 1822 and became a free woman in Washington, D.C., where she married a white man and passed as white.
Oct 21, 2021 · Harriet Hemings was the daughter of Sally Hemings and her owner, Thomas Jefferson. Legally, she was a slave. But when she “ran away” at age 21, it seems that she did so with Jefferson’s permission. An enormous amount has been written about Sally, but Harriet remains elusive.
Harriet Hemings (May 1801 – after 1822) was born into slavery at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, in the first year of his presidency.
Jan 26, 2018 · Catherine Kerrison’s book tells the story of the third president’s daughters, including Harriet Hemings, who was born a slave.
Harriet Hemings followed a different path. She escaped slavery--apparently with the assistance of Jefferson himself. Leaving Monticello behind, she boarded a coach and set off for a...
Harriet Hemings followed a different path. She escaped slavery—apparently with the assistance of Jefferson himself. Leaving Monticello behind, she boarded a coach and set off for a...
