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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 March 2025. 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, mother to his shadow family Children 6, including Beverly ...
Unnamed Daughter Hemings ca. December 7, 1799 – ca. 1800 no spouse: died in early childhood Harriet Hemings (II) May 22, 1801 – after 1822 unknown: unknown: Madison Hemings: January 18, 1805 – November 26, 1877 Mary Hughes McCoy Father of: Unnamed Son Hemings (dates unknown) Sarah Hemings (1835-1884) Thomas Eston Hemings (1839-1865)
Caricature of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, ca.1804, attributed to James Akin (American Antiquarian Society). In 1802, the journalist James T. Callender, after being refused an appointment to a postmaster position by Jefferson and issuing veiled threats of "consequences," reported that Jefferson had fathered several children with a slave concubine named Sally.
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 ...
But she also says that "Sally" is a nickname for "Sarah," and there were many girls named "Sarah" and "Sally" in the Hemings family too. [ 2 ] According to Madison Hemings, Elizabeth Hemings' mother was an African woman and her father was an English sea captain named Hemings.
Unnamed Daughter Hemings ca. December 7, 1799 – ca. 1800 No spouse: Died in early childhood Harriet Hemings (II) May 22, 1801 – after 1822 Unknown: Unknown: James Madison Hemings: January 18, 1805 – November 26, 1877 Mary Hughes McCoy 10 children Eston Hemings: May 21, 1808 – January 3, 1856 Julia Ann Isaacs Father of 3, including:
Sally Hemings, who was fathered by John Wayles, was the half-sister of Martha Wayles Jefferson, and the subject of a scandal about her relationship with Thomas Jefferson. [23] Martha's father, John Wayles, died at age 58 in 1773. He left substantial property, including slaves, but the estate was encumbered with debt. [29]
Sally Hemings sold more than one million copies in hardcover [22] and it was a Book-of-the-Month Club selection. [23] It was reissued in 1994. In 2009, it was published in paperback, together with her novel, President's Daughter (1994), about Harriet Hemings , daughter of Hemings and Jefferson, who passed into white society.