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  2. Sally Hemings - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 15 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 ...

  3. Hemings family - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of children of presidents of the United States - Wikipedia

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    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 Father of: Unnamed Son Hemings (dates unknown) Sarah Hemings (1835-1884) Thomas Eston Hemings (1839-1865)

  5. Madison Hemings - Wikipedia

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    Of Sally Hemings' children, Hemings was the only one that lived among African Americans after he attained his freedom. [9] (In September 1831, in his mid-twenties, Madison Hemings was described in a special census of the State of Virginia as being: 5 feet 7 3/8 inches high light complexion no scars or marks perceivable".

  6. Thomas Jefferson's enslaved mistress' living quarters found - AOL

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    Gayle Jessup White, Monticello's Community Engagement Officer, is a descendant of the Hemings and Jefferson families and an integral part of Monticello's African American legacy: Sally Hemmings ...

  7. Harriet Hemings - Wikipedia

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    Jefferson had no such policy and freed few slaves. There were many mixed-race slaves at Monticello, both in the larger Hemings family and other slave families. Coolidge appeared to be trying to cover up his freeing the children of Sally Hemings. [4] Edmund Bacon, chief overseer at Monticello for about twenty years, described Harriet's gaining ...

  8. Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson says photo of him next ...

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    Thomas Jefferson, drafter of the Declaration of Independence and co-founder of the United States, was arguably as American as one can get. A recent set of photos in Smithsonian magazine showcases ...

  9. Monticello Association - Wikipedia

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    That's what a family reunion is supposed to be about." [25] Four years later, 250 Americans descended from Thomas Jefferson through Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson or Sally Hemings met again at Monticello. Organized by descendants of both sides of the family, the reunion was reported as "a small step towards healing". [26]