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Sally Hemings
(1773-1835)
Who Was Sally Hemings?
Sally Hemings, born in 1773 in Virginia, worked on the Monticello plantation of Thomas Jefferson.
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She was a nursemaid to his daughter Mary and traveled with the family to Paris. Though it was rumored that she had several children with Jefferson, both the family and historians denied the claim. Recent DNA testing has concluded however that Hemings’ children are connected to the Jefferson bloodline.
Early Life
Hemings was believed to have been the mistress of Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third president of the United States.
Born around 1773 in Virginia, Hemings was the youngest of six children born to Elizabeth (Betty) Hemings, an enslaved person of African and European descent; her probable given name was Sarah. Hemings' father was allegedly her mother's owner, John Wayles, a white lawyer and enslaved person trader of English descent who had emigrated to Virginia.
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