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Sarah "Sally" Hemings (c. 1773 – 1835) was a female slave with one-quarter African ancestry and was a nanny, 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 Hemings.
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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...
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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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The following summarizes what is known about Sally Hemings and her family. Sally Hemings (1773-1835) was an enslaved woman at Monticello; she lived in Paris with Jefferson and two of his daughters from 1787 to 1789; and, she had at least six children.
Aug 26, 2024 · Sally Hemings was an enslaved house servant owned by Thomas Jefferson, who is believed to have fathered at least six of Hemings’s children. Born in 1773 at a Virginia plantation of John Wayles, Hemings became the property of Jefferson, whose wife, Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, was likely Hemings’s half-sister.
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.