Sally Hemings father was John Wayles, Thomas Jefferson’s father-in-law. So Sally was President Jefferson’s sister-in-law. I find it interesting that this fact is often overlooked.
@adrianemeeus10562 жыл бұрын
It's been in almost every article I read. Sally was his wife's sister and still treated like nothing.
@cookiemonster70432 жыл бұрын
@@adrianemeeus1056 Because she was black and probably product of love affair from slavery… drr
@dominiquejones3805 Жыл бұрын
That's what Paul Mooney was getting at
@alishakelley2097 Жыл бұрын
So he married a black woman?
@roosterillusion2764 Жыл бұрын
Wrong. Dna disproved
@mskiara182 жыл бұрын
I feel only sadness for Sally, her children and her brother James. No love or pity for Jefferson.
@kikinorthington680 Жыл бұрын
If you read the report on Monticello Dr Foster who preformed the DNA TEST IT IS NOT CONCLUSIVE
@godssara6758 Жыл бұрын
Why. DNA proved Woodson was not a Jefferson.
@peachygal41532 ай бұрын
@@godssara6758 Well Madison Hemings told a reporter that child died as an infant in 1790. Woodson descendants thought he was this child, but that conflicts with what Madison Heming said. Plus, there is evidence Woodson was born in 1784 not 1790. Jefferson i had been in France over a year and Sally was only 11 years old in 1784. Sally did not go to France until 1788. she took Jefferson's daughter Polly after her baby sister died. Matha was already in France with Jefferson, but he had left his 2 youngest daughters with his sister-in-law. My guess is one of the Carr brothers, Jefferson's nephews fathered him with one of Sally's older sisters. You know the same ones Martha Jefferson claimed were Sally's children's father. Both had red hair and children with Sally's sisters, so Martha blamed one of her cousins were Sally's children's father too. Madison, and Eston had reddish hair. their sister Harriet was described as having dark auburn hair and green, gray eyes and very beautiful. Now Betsey did have a daughter named Mary born in 1783. They are not sure whom her father was. Betsey's' son Peter Fossett (born 1780) was the son of an Irish blacksmith named Fossett that had worked at Monticello for a time, but he was long gone by the time Mary was conceived. Some think possibly she was Jefferson's. Betsey ended up going to work for a storekeeper named Bell who leased her from Jefferson, and he later bought her as she was his common-law wife, they had children together. Bell gave all of them their freedom too. Peter Fossett and Mary Hemings stayed at Monticello. When Polly marred her Epps cousin, Mary went with her and after Polly died, Mary became Polly's widower's concubine. They had a good many children together. He and Polly only had 2 together that lived, but Polly died young, in her early 20's.
@50badbish612 жыл бұрын
Poor Sally
@julianaylor43512 жыл бұрын
The truth always comes out in the end.
@mindsEye092 жыл бұрын
Absolutely!
@sleepingninjaquiettime2 жыл бұрын
Sadly that's not the case, but it's beautiful when it does come out.
@julianaylor43512 жыл бұрын
@@sleepingninjaquiettime Sometimes it takes centuries.
@Missbevybaby_ Жыл бұрын
Seriously! Every time
@annamussa3351 Жыл бұрын
People knew it back then it was published in many newspapers during the remainder of Jefferson's presidency.
@ladybugsym16142 жыл бұрын
I knew this from high-school. I graduated in the 1980s. How do people not know this?
@starcrib2 жыл бұрын
Because it's racist America- with Trump and his cult- negating everything that is clear as day. 🇺🇲☄️
@trythinking66762 жыл бұрын
Because certain people would rather you DON'T know.
@kenfresno5218 Жыл бұрын
because there is no proof
@lolodee3528 Жыл бұрын
DNA has been done. Try to keep up.
@lmc-gm3bv Жыл бұрын
@@lolodee3528 You need a paper trail to see if you are a true descendant. The DNA is way too watered down to prove direct descent. You would actually have to have a sample of Thomas Jefferson's DNA from his body. There is truly no proof. Just more BS to defame The Founding Father's.
@MustAvoidScurvy2 жыл бұрын
That indeed was a really anticlimactic ending 😂
@MrVERMONVILE2 жыл бұрын
Where's the whole episode?
@chadsmith22816 ай бұрын
Yes I want to watch the whole thing!
@brenth67236 ай бұрын
Sally was beautiful.
@Deniro_Vision10 күн бұрын
So technically... Sally Hemings was America's first lady from 1801-1809.
@bingeltube2 жыл бұрын
Why does this video end so abruptly and unexpectedly just when the story became interesting!
@lisalovett16382 жыл бұрын
A lot of times, films are posted 3-20 minutes installments. They do not show up in sequence. Sometimes you can find other installments by looking up who posted it. In this case Smithsonian Channel.
@bingeltube2 жыл бұрын
@@lisalovett1638 Thanks Lisa! Wish you had told me that 3 months ago. :-)
@JamesDeese2 жыл бұрын
The original copy of the Declaration of Independence did have a section ending slavery, but it was struck out because they were afraid that South Carolina would not vote for Independence. If we are going to tell it, and we should, we should tell it right.
@lisalovett16382 жыл бұрын
Jefferson was the one who wrote the clause for the Abolishment of Slavery. He was out voted.
@veraserah2 жыл бұрын
I had a somewhat unconventional middle school history teacher who taught us about Sally among other aspects of US history that I later realized was not by-the-textbook. To my understanding, Sally was half-sister to Martha Jefferson (same father... of course), more than a decade younger, and three-quarters white. Martha had died sometime before Sally had children. I believe Sally and Martha naturally looked similar, and Jefferson was known to have loved his wife, so take of that what you will. Many of Sally Hemings' children with Jefferson were white-passing and could blend into white society upon his death.
@roosterillusion2764 Жыл бұрын
*many of tj children with sally hemminga. He had no kids with her. The best evidence is a 1/25 coin flip while there are several Jefferson descendants who claim to be the father. TJ no
@arak55022 ай бұрын
Sooo, we are making up history now?
@mrsmoore60284 ай бұрын
Wow just found out she's my grandma too
@katieydiddkatieydidd7269 Жыл бұрын
Interesting ending. Hmmmm...... Well, at any rate, few people know that Sally Hemmings was the half sister of Martha Wayles Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson's first wife.
@SmoothCrmnl80 Жыл бұрын
Ya see? Even Thomas Jefferson couldn't resist that black 😺
@melissab.5614 Жыл бұрын
I wonder about the 2nd grade teacher now.
@vancegilmore2452 жыл бұрын
Thomas Jefferson did actually believe all men were created equal. He also believed that not all men stayed equal.
@kw78072 жыл бұрын
??
@travelerforever88492 жыл бұрын
mean slaves and master are considered not equal.
@trinidivineАй бұрын
I like to say separate and never will be equal!
@beerybill25 күн бұрын
Click bait photo. There is no known portrait of Sally.
@jfrancefl325 Жыл бұрын
cherrypick what, this is great!
@GrandDuchessAniya2 жыл бұрын
I find it ironic that Jefferson is referred to as the President in this clip. It is the one accomplishment he chose to be excluded from his tombstone.
@gloria78767 ай бұрын
Sally Hemings and her brother James could have stayed in France and been free. I guess they didn’t want to give up their family.
@garyturner88985 ай бұрын
They could have indeed. She must have had strong affection for her mother, Betty, and a deep desire to reunite with her in Virginia. Sally did obtain concessions from Jefferson regarding their children's freedom. Although Sally was never emancipated the four surviving children were freed at maturity.
@svetfantazie2 ай бұрын
Prečo by tam zostávala? Vo Francúzsku vypukla revolúcia. Lepšie je byť privilegovanou otrokyňou s minimom práce s prísľubom slobody vlastných detí ako žiť v krajine kde by bola pracovala ako slúžka - ťažko a s minimálnym voľnom. Kde ju čakalo väčšie otroctvo? Zrejme vo Francúzsku. Veci niesú vždy také aké sa zdajú.
@robw7676Ай бұрын
@@garyturner8898two of the surviving children left for the North during Jefferson's lifetime with his tacit approval, their freedom was a paper exercise. The other two sons were freed and went to live locally, although Sally was never technically free, she lived with them for the last 9 years of her life.
@garyturner8898Ай бұрын
@@robw7676 Thank you for clarification, much appreciated.
@michellefalk5825 Жыл бұрын
my great aunt who gave birth to thomas is 8th signer of declaration of independence
@cleverfitz7792 жыл бұрын
Good morning everyone
@Boxermom03172 жыл бұрын
"From: One Thosand Years of Slavery". Really, Smithsonian Channel?
@alishakelley2097 Жыл бұрын
Right?!
@deelynn861110 ай бұрын
Sally was Jeffersons wifes half-sister.. Jeffersons wife died, and I bet she looked just like his wife. He was lonely and fell in love with her.
@petermj10987 ай бұрын
He did not love her enough to free her and their own children from slavery when he was alive.
@NeTxGrl Жыл бұрын
I'm sitting on the fence on whether Thomas Jefferson was the father of SH children after reading about the opposing view. Only Advancement in DNA technology if that ever occurs will change my opinion, meaning it will have to pinpoint who the father is and not family line. I certainly would not feel comfortable betting everything I own on TJ being the father. There was never a portrait done of Sally Hemmings. The one that is always shown is not actually her.
@lmc-gm3bv Жыл бұрын
You need a paper trail to see if you are a true descendant. The DNA is way too watered down to prove direct descent. You would actually have to have a sample of Thomas Jefferson's DNA from his body.
@QuatMan Жыл бұрын
We do have accounts from the era of her being his concubine, along with the accounts of some of his kids with her, like Eston....
@roosterillusion2764 Жыл бұрын
Name*
@Pan_Z Жыл бұрын
The fact that even the Smithsonian continues the improbable narrative that Thomas Jefferson fathered Hemings' children is concerning. All that is certain is that the youngest son of Sarah Hemings', Eston Hemings, has the Jefferson Y-chromosome, meaning some male in the Jefferson family is the father. That's it. It's more likely that the father of Eston was Thomas Jefferson's brother, Rudolph Hemings, who was known to party with the Monticello estate slaves.
@edj20456 ай бұрын
sooo many people like you in the comments saying it was the brother when there is absolute nothing to substantiate this. Sallys children even said their father was TJ and this is documented. why would they lie? Why would he put only these kids in his will and not his other nieces and nephews? what's your proof? what's your evidence? I'll wait!
@user-qz8km2qr8g5 ай бұрын
Go run to your safe space so what Thomas Jefferson like a little brown sugar it's a fact deal with it!!!
@thenewapelles64482 ай бұрын
It's strange how so many want to deny what seems so obvious. People suspected Jefferson had children with Hemmings as far back as 1802. It was not uncommon for Virginia planters to have children with their slaves. And Jefferson was progressive relative to many of his southern peers, so I can absolutely see him having a relationship with Sally for decades.
@jarrodyuki7081 Жыл бұрын
oh boy.
@coachvolpato2 жыл бұрын
The narrator’s voice is my least favorite.
@divinedelaware75413 ай бұрын
She was beautiful
@cynthiagourdine33513 ай бұрын
Anyone who's ancestors were in bondage in this country is a fool to believe that how can a nation of people believe that they are created equal. That was written for people of European ancestry that was the all and still is.
@jaybailleaux6302 жыл бұрын
Makes me wonder how true the relationship was. Would it stand up to a paternity suit today ? The DNA test would show kinship to Jefferson but not necessarily the father of the child.
@lolodee3528 Жыл бұрын
DNA was done in late 90’s. It ruled out another Jefferson nephew. TJ is indeed father to Hemings’ children.
@jaybailleaux630 Жыл бұрын
@@lolodee3528 if you say so. No problemo.
@dwaynedrummond4251 Жыл бұрын
Why continue to deny their family tale?
@jaybailleaux630 Жыл бұрын
@@dwaynedrummond4251 don't care one way or another. People today love to live in fantasy land.
@lmc-gm3bv Жыл бұрын
@@lolodee3528 You need a paper trail to see if you are a true descendant. The DNA is way too watered down to prove direct descent. You would actually have to have a sample of Thomas Jefferson's DNA from his body to prove anything.
@kermitdfrogz2 ай бұрын
Jefferson's only male heir was Black.... well, he would have been an heir had he gave him anything.
@wcstnyrrcom Жыл бұрын
TJ and SH did not have children. Educate yourselves people.
@Reminiscent1990 Жыл бұрын
But the internet and Google algorithm are allied against Thomas Jefferson, because he wanted free commerce and free states, not an autocracy like Lincoln wanted.
@lolodee3528 Жыл бұрын
You ignore the DNA and familial resemblances? Seems a whimsical stance.
@Mistyhu78 Жыл бұрын
Madison and Easton were there son's 😊
@JKenny4411 ай бұрын
@@lolodee3528 Familial resemblance across 6 generations? You have 64 ancestors of the 6th generation. Ain't no way you can look similar to all of them. Stop it
@lalaLAX2192 жыл бұрын
The sally hemmings story has been debunked so many times.
@Rozziefeatherschneider Жыл бұрын
No it hasn't! 🙄
@alishakelley2097 Жыл бұрын
Exactly
@oliviateachout6516 Жыл бұрын
dna evidence and documented evidence say otherwise. don’t disrespect what that poor woman went through to fit your white narrative.
@conoceisrael Жыл бұрын
this is not a lie, they lived togheter, of course their life would be mixed. and this is an amazing story
@nicholasferris59 Жыл бұрын
LIES!
@eileenmstallsmith89286 ай бұрын
Who cares?
@jarrodyuki7081 Жыл бұрын
thomas jefferson is good.
@Jaylapov Жыл бұрын
Sure 😂
@gailhasler84352 жыл бұрын
Wish a complete list of related members could be published. It would be interesting to see if any ultra conservatives legislating against teaching Black history are related. ? 🤤
@Shinobi3319 күн бұрын
Cough cough Democrat
@snomx28093 ай бұрын
Who is here because of Shane Gillis?
@Rio_Seco2 жыл бұрын
Not so fast. DNA could have come from any Jefferson male. Jefferson's brother was known to spend a lot if time carrying on amoung the slaves.
@gabs31742 жыл бұрын
But the children were the only family Jefferson ever freed (2 before death & 2 through his will). I guess he could've done that for his brother...but it seems more likely he would do that because they were his kids...especially with them being in his will. Also, why would the children lie about him being their father rather than their uncle instead? One of them said that one of the babies fathered by Jefferson with his mother didn't live too long. I'm sure the children witnessed this. Plus, why would a free woman in Paris move to America to become enslaved? I wonder if it was love. It's all so interesting...
@Rio_Seco2 жыл бұрын
@@gabs3174 Jefferson made arrangements with both the slaves he took to Paris. The man I believe was freed once he taught Jefferson's other chiefs how to expertly cook French food. Hemmings as a single black woman probably understood at some level that she would do better enslaved in on Jefferson's estate (at least more secure) with additional privilege's then free and single in France, and negotiated for any children she might have to be freed, which Jefferson agreed to.
@Rozziefeatherschneider Жыл бұрын
Why are you Jefferson defenders always trying to use Jefferson's brother as a scapegoat to make him look innocent, there are so much evidence to prove Jefferson was in fact the father of Sally's children.
@Reminiscent1990 Жыл бұрын
@@gabs3174 because “serfs” in America we’re better treated and they got a wage. That’s why.
@oliviateachout6516 Жыл бұрын
@@gabs3174 she went back to the USA because jefferson said he would free her children if she did what he wanted. he was manipulative, she wasn’t in love with him. that’s such a weird thing to say why would she ever truly love someone who owned her as property?
@euphegenia2 жыл бұрын
Sally chose to come back to Virginia and back into slavery. They skipped that part.
@bethaniejify2 жыл бұрын
I mean she was only 14 at the time. 😐
@euphegenia2 жыл бұрын
@@bethaniejify The 14 year olds in 1787 were far more self-sufficient and responsible than a 2022 14 year old. James had a choice of staying in France too. They could’ve lived together.
@sydneythreatts54542 жыл бұрын
@@euphegenia she was forced to…. jefferson wouldn’t let her leave. you think she wanted to come back and be enslaved?
@-_YouMayFind_-2 жыл бұрын
@@euphegenia she first of all didnt speak the language. In france they speak French not English most of the times. But god knows how that went.
@jayden12260 Жыл бұрын
@@euphegenia 1787: 14 years old was forced to grow up to secure their life. 2022: 14 years old now are more sheltered and that's just fine 🙂 👌 with me.