Essays Tagged: "Sally Hemings"

Thomas Jefferson

he was twenty-five. The work never ceased; he revised and renovated it until the time of his death.Sally Hemings was born a slave to John Wayles in 1773. Her father, John Wayles, was a lawyer and a s ... e to John Wayles in 1773. Her father, John Wayles, was a lawyer and a slave trader. The year before Sally's birth, John Wayles's legitimate daughter, Martha, married Thomas Jefferson. When John Wayles ...

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Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Presidents