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A 4 page paper which illustrates how Sally Hemmings stands as a powerful southern icon. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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been great controversy over whether or not any of her children were Jeffersons, and also a great deal of controversy over the reality of the relationship itself, the truth seems
to clearly indicate (especially through recent DNA research) that Sally Hemmings and Thomas Jefferson were lovers and had at least one child together. Although a slave, and perhaps also
because she was a slave, Sally Hemmings stands strong as a powerful southern icon. She stands so because of her heritage, which illustrates a unique history of the nation, as
well as her life and her strengths as an African American woman, slave, and mother. The following paper examines the life of Sally Hemmings, discussing why she stands as a
powerful southern icon. Sally Hemmings as a Southern Icon Born in 1773 in Virginia, "Sally Hemings was born to slave master and sea captain, John Wayles and his
slave Elizabeth Betty Hemings" (Sally Hemings, 2007). Wayles died the same year that Sally was born and she and her family became the property of Thomas Jefferson (Sally Hemings, 2007).
The reasons behind this are that Wayles was Jeffersons father in law. In essence, Sally was the half-sister of Thomas Jeffersons wife, Martha (Monticello [2], 2007). While there is proof
that the Hemmings family was inherited by Jefferson, there is apparently no definitive proof about a great deal of what is assumed (Monticello [2], 2007).
There are no known drawings or paintings of Sally and there are only a few accounts of her appearance. One comes from a slave of the plantation
who stated, in information passed along in the 1840s, "Sally Hemings mother Betty was a bright mulatto woman and Sally mighty near white" (Jefferson). By most accounts she was clearly
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