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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 December 2024. Slave of Thomas Jefferson (c. 1773–1835) Sally Hemings Born Sarah Hemings c. 1773 Charles City County, Virginia, British America Died 1835 (aged 61–62) Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S. Known for Slave owned by Thomas Jefferson, alleged mother to his shadow family Children 6 ...
Thomas Jefferson Dreams of Sally Hemings is a 2016 historical fiction novel by American writer Stephen O'Connor. The novel depicts the relationship between Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, and Sally Hemings, his slave and sister-in-law. The depiction, which portrayed the relationship as consensual and romantic, was the ...
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The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family is a 2008 book by American historian Annette Gordon-Reed.It recounts the history of four generations of the African-American Hemings family, from their African and Virginia origins until the 1826 death of Thomas Jefferson, their master and the father of Sally Hemings' children.
After "Thomas" and Sally become lovers the couple return to the United States, with Hemings remaining a slave even as her children are set free; this agreement between the lovers seems to have a powerful symbolic value for the rest of the novel, as "it was the nature of American freedom that he was only free to take pleasure in something he ...
Meanwhile, Gardiner said the physical evidence shows that Sally Hemings probably lived a higher level lifestyle than other enslaved people on Jefferson's plantation. Still, her room had no windows ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... For Sally Hemmings and Dolly Johnson see Category:Enslaved concubines in the United States.
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