hemings in A Sentence

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    Jefferson freed his runaway slave Harriet Hemings in 1822.

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    Not keen on going back, Hemings pressed Jefferson for his freedom.

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    James Hemings was also Martha Wayles' half-brother, and soon Jefferson's personal chef.

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    When he set sail in 1784, he brought along a convoy, including 19-year-old James Hemings.

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    Upon his death in 1826, Jefferson freed five male Hemings slaves in his will.

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    Jefferson freed his slave Robert Hemings in 1794 and he freed his cook slave James Hemings in 1796.

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    He brought some of his slaves, including James Hemings whom he had trained in French cuisine and his younger sister Sally Hemings.

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    However, this freedom was on one condition- Hemings had to train someone to take his place before he would be allowed his“unalienable Rights.”.

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    After spending two years training his brother, Peter, as Jefferson's new chef, Hemings was granted his freedom and traveled abroad for a time.

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    He also brought some of his slaves with him to Paris, including James Hemings, whom he had trained in French cuisine, and James's younger sister Sally Hemings.

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    They note the possibility that additional Jefferson males, including his brother Randolph Jefferson and Randolph's five sons, could have fathered Eston Hemings or Sally Hemings' other children.

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    After Thomas Jefferson's death, although not formally manumitted, Sally Hemings was allowed by Jefferson's daughter Martha to live in Charlottesville as a free woman until her death in 1835.

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    When Jefferson and his clan returned to America in 1789, Hemings went to work cooking and was soon regarded as one of the top chefs in all of America.

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    Notable to the topic of this article, one of those slaves was James Hemings, who was Sally Hemings' brother(a slave whose six children have been speculated to have been sired by Jefferson).

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    After Thomas Jefferson's death, although not formally manumitted, Sally Hemings was allowed by Jefferson's daughter Martha to live in Charlottesville as a free woman with her two sons until her death in 1835.

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    Facing extreme racism and having difficulty finding work, despite his enormous culinary talents, and after refusing a position at the White House with Jefferson in 1801 for unclear reasons, Hemings committed suicide that same year.

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