Sarah “Sally” Hemings

August 25, 2010 at 9:02 am (Uncategorized)


Sarah Hemings (circa 1773 – 1835) was an “mixed race slave”.
Her master was the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. She was said to be the half-sister of hos wife but historians credited the allegation. Today it is proved that a male in Jefferson’s line was the father of at least one of Sally Hemings’s children.

… to be continued!

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