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Relatives. Hemings family. Sarah " Sally " Hemings ( c. 1773 – 1835) was a female slave with one-quarter African ancestry owned by president of the United States Thomas Jefferson, one of many he inherited from his father-in-law, John Wayles. Hemings's mother was Betty Hemings, [1] the daughter of a female slave 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 ...
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Sally Hemings returned with Jefferson and his daughters to Monticello in 1789. There she performed the duties of an enslaved household servant and lady’s maid (Jefferson still referred to her as “Maria’s maid” in 1799). Sometime after 1800, Sally Hemings likely lived in one of the rooms of Monticello's South Wing.
Feb 8, 2023 · Early Years Hemings was born in 1773 and belonged to John Wayles, a lawyer and planter originally from England. She was the daughter of the enslaved woman (known as Betty) and, according to Hemings family tradition, of Wayles himself. Sally Hemings’s son Madison Hemings said that after the death of his third wife, in 1761, Wayles took Betty “as his concubine.” Read more about: Sally ...
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. Sally Hemings's duties included being a nursemaid-companion to Thomas Jefferson's daughter Maria (ca. 1784-1787), lady's maid to daughters Martha and Maria (1787-1797 ...
May 8, 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. (Read Joseph Ellis’s Britannica essay on the Sally Heming’s affair.)
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Apr 3, 2014 · Sally Hemings, born in 1773 in Virginia, worked on the Monticello plantation of Thomas Jefferson. She was a nursemaid to his daughter Mary and traveled with the family to Paris. Though it was ...
