Harriet Hemings

(1801-1863)

Daughter of Thomas Jefferson (1801-died after 1822)

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Harriet Hemings (May 1801 – 1870) was born into slavery at Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States, in the first year of his presidency. Most historians believe her father was Jefferson, who is now believed to have fathered, with his slave Sally Hemings, four children who survived to adulthood.

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Born	May 1801 Monticello, Albemarle County, Virginia
Died	1863 (aged 61)
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Thomas Jefferson · Father · 1743-1826 · American President edit info

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Sally Hemings · Mother · 1773-1835 · Slave of Thomas Jefferson (c. 1773-1835) edit info

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Madison Hemings · Brother · 1805-1877 · American freed slave edit info

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Eston Hemings · Brother · 1808-1856 · Son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings edit info

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Betty Hemings · Grandmother · -1807 · Mother of Sally Hemings edit info

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Isham Randolph of Dungeness · Great-grandfather · 1684-1742 · American planter, grandfather of Thomas Jefferson edit info

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John Wayles · Grandfather · 1715-1773 · American planter, slave trader and lawyer edit info

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