Sally Hemings
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sally-hemings-228-674653
title:
Sally Hemings
text:
Sarah "Sally" Hemings was a nanny and slave woman with one-quarter African ancestry, who was owned by president of the United States Thomas Jefferson. Hemings' mother was Betty Hemings, the daughter of an enslaved woman and an English captain, John Hemings. Sally's father, the owner of Betty, John Wayles, was also the father of Jefferson's wife, Martha. Therefore, Sally was half-sister to Jefferson's wife and was of approximately three quarters English descent. Martha died during her marriage in
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encyclopedia
description:
Slave of Thomas Jefferson (c. 1773–1835)
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Hemings
date created:
2002-10-10T19:27:01Z
date modified:
2024-09-15T07:20:36Z
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