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Sally Hemings

            
            
            
            
            
            
             The documentary on Sally Hemings was interesting. Sally's life and the relation ship with Thomas Jefferson was even intriguing and interesting life. Some may say she was lucky and some may say she was not treated fair enough. Sally was not a normal slave she had benefits that a normal slave wouldn't have. Sally also had a relationship with Thomas Jefferson. Sally also had kids in which they had a better chance at life than she did.
             Sally was not a normal slave. It is true that she was owned by Thomas Jefferson who gave Sally certain privileges that normal slaves didn't have. When Sally was younger she had a chance to go to London. Sally was more of a servant than a slave; she did more work around the house than out in a field. Even though Sally had been freed but did not leave Virginia, instead she stayed and took care of her children and the law at that time stated that once a slave is freed then they must leave within a year.
            


Essays Related to Sally Hemings

1. Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings

Many controversies have arisen due to the idea that Thomas Jefferson had a relationship with his slave, Sally Hemings. ... The DNA evidence proved that Sally Hemings did have an affair with someone in the Jefferson line. ... Because Sally Hemings looked very much like Jefferson's former wife Martha Wayles Skelton, Jefferson could have been attracted to Sally. ... Thomas Jefferson was at Monticello at the time of conception of Sally Hemings' six children. ... But no one can deny the fact that one male on the Jefferson line had a child, Eston Hemings, with Sally Hemings due to the ...

  • Word Count: 1659
  • Approx Pages: 7

2. Thomas Jefferson, Relationship W/ Sally Hemings

The relationship between Sally Hemings and Jefferson, was either brutal domination or maybe the greatest love story never told. ... Apparently, Sally Hemings was Jefferson's favorite slave. ... Sally Hemings was a product. ... Yet, who fathered Sally's other five children. ... It would not have even been logical for any other male slaves to make an attempt towards a sexual relationship with Sally Hemings when it was widely known that Jefferson had a special liking for her. ...

  • Word Count: 2174
  • Approx Pages: 9
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: High School

3. Thomas Jefferson: The Man, The Myth, And The Morality

In the early 1800's Jefferson was accused by the Federalist press for fathering children as a result from the romance between him and his slave Sally Hemings. ... The rumor was resurrected in 1873 when one of Sally Hemings" sons, Madison, claimed in a newspaper conference that he and his sister Harriet and two brothers, Beverley and Eston, were Jefferson's children. ... The problem presented for investigation is whether the results of the DNA tests and any related historical proof establish that Thomas Jefferson was the father of one or more of the children of Sally Hemings. ...

  • Word Count: 1502
  • Approx Pages: 6
  • Has Bibliography
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

4. Thomas Jefferson

In the early 1800's Jefferson was accused by the Federalist press for fathering children as a result from the romance between him and his slave Sally Hemings. ... The rumor was resurrected in 1873 when one of Sally Hemings" sons, Madison, claimed in a newspaper conference that he and his sister Harriet and two brothers, Beverley and Eston, were Jefferson's children. ... The problem presented for investigation is whether the results of the DNA tests and any related historical proof establish that Thomas Jefferson was the father of one or more of the children of Sally Hemings. ...

  • Word Count: 1499
  • Approx Pages: 6
  • Grade Level: Undergraduate

5. Jefferson In Paris

Jefferson is 41 years old when he arrives from Virginia, accompanied by his elder daughter, Patsy, and slave James Hemings. ... The first plot relates to Jefferson's affiliation with painter Maria Cosway, the second follows changes in Jefferson's relationship with his youngest daughter's slave, fifteen-year old Sally Hemings, and the last is an observation of how Jefferson reacts to the political events leading up to the French Revolution. ... Polly's slave, Sally Hemings, accompanies her. ... Sally was thus Martha's half-sister. ... However, James and Sally ...

  • Word Count: 632
  • Approx Pages: 3

6. Thomas Jefferson

Betty Hemings eventually had ten children, among whom are Robert, who works as Jefferson's valet; Martin, who acts as household butler; Sally, who is trained as a lady's maid. Sally was the personal servant to Thomas Jefferson's and his deceased wife Martha's daughter, Mary, later known as Maria. It was said that "Thomas Jefferson never denied his relationship with Sally Hemings. ... Only Sally and her sons, Madison and Eston, were allowed to stay behind at Monticello. ... (Hemmings, p.1) ...

  • Word Count: 1135
  • Approx Pages: 5
  • Grade Level: High School

7. Understanding Thomas Jefferson

The author researched how Jefferson became a slave owner, his views on educating and emancipating slaves, and Jefferson's relationship with Sally Hemings. ... Some final chapters make especially neat work of the big historians who tried hard to ignore and dispute the Sally Hemings embarrassment, but Halliday makes the relationship understandable and very much of a piece with the rest of this great man's life. ...

  • Word Count: 590
  • Approx Pages: 2

8. Thomas Jefferson

Wilson used the alleged affair between Jefferson and Sally Hemings to present his case of presentism. ... Brodie published a book in 1974 where she tried to prove that Thomas Jefferson and his slave girl, Sally Hemings, had a thirty-eight year love affair. ...

  • Word Count: 557
  • Approx Pages: 2

9. African American History: "Her

When exploring African-American history, the most important things to focus on are that because of the times, black people were enslaved and treated poorly. They endured it all and worked hard to rise above the boundaries of slavery and prejudice. However, the most portentous aspect of African-Ameri...

  • Word Count: 405
  • Approx Pages: 2
  • Grade Level: High School

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