Sally

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Sally Hemings was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by Thomas Jefferson, widely known for her long-term relationship with him and the children they had together.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical figure ⓘ
person ⓘ
associatedWith Monticello plantation ⓘ
history of interracial relationships in the United States ⓘ
slavery in the United States ⓘ
burialPlace Charlottesville, Virginia ⓘ
child Beverly Hemings ⓘ
Eston Hemings ⓘ
Harriet Hemings ⓘ
Madison Hemings ⓘ
childWith Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth c. 1773 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1835 ⓘ
enslavedBy John Wayles ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans

mixed race ⓘ
familyName Hemings ⓘ
father John Wayles ⓘ
fullName Sarah Hemings ⓘ
linked to: Sally Hemings
givenName Sally ⓘ
Sarah ⓘ
halfSibling Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson ⓘ
historicalPeriod early 19th century ⓘ
late 18th century ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
legalStatus enslaved ⓘ
never formally freed by Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
mother Betty Hemings ⓘ
notableFor being the mother of several of Thomas Jefferson’s children ⓘ
long-term intimate relationship with Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
occupation enslaved domestic worker ⓘ
partner Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
partOf Hemings family of Monticello ⓘ
placeOfBirth Charles City County, Virginia ⓘ
placeOfDeath Charlottesville, Virginia ⓘ
relative Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson ⓘ
Thomas Jefferson ⓘ
residence Charlottesville, Virginia ⓘ
Monticello ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
subjectOf DNA studies linking her descendants to the Jefferson male line ⓘ
biographies and scholarly works on slavery and race in early America ⓘ
historical debate about Jefferson’s paternity of her children ⓘ

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Sally Hemings → givenName → Sally ⓘ