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Sarah "Sally" Hemings (c. 1773 – 1835) was a female enslaved person 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 an enslaved woman and an English captain, John ...
Jan 28, 2010 · Sally Hemings (1773-1835) was an enslaved woman owned by Founding Father Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826). Hemings and Jefferson had a longstanding romantic relationship, and had at least one and...
An in-depth look at Sally Hemings, who was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson and bore several of his children, using research, videos, and oral histories, and the recollections of her son Madison Hemings to tell what is known -- and unknown -- about her life and story.
Sep 24, 2024 · Sally Hemings 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. (Read Joseph Ellis’s Britannica essay on the Sally Heming’s affair.)
Jul 24, 2021 · Sally Was Fourteen. Sally Hemings was born in 1773 and Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743—he was 30 years older than Sally. Sally Hemings left Virginia in July of 1787 to accompany Maria, Thomas Jefferson’s youngest daughter, to France to join her father. While there, Thomas Jefferson began assaulting Sally Hemings.
Apr 3, 2014 · Sally Hemings was an enslaved African American woman who’s believed to have had several children with one-time U.S. president Thomas Jefferson.
What does Sally Hemings’s story teach us about the lives of enslaved women in the Federal period? How did Sally exert agency in her life? What were the outcomes of her choices?
