Essay About Mother Of Sally Hemings And Daughter Of A Wealthy Land

Jeffersons Blood
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Jeffersons Blood
This paper is on the movie Jeffersons Blood. The movie is about the third president of the
united states Thomas Jefferson. He had a secret which at this time could have ruined his
whole career. He married the daughter of a wealthy land and slave owner named John
Wayles. Soon after the Marriage John Wayles died and left everything to his oldest
daughter. Back in these times a woman couldnt own land, so Thomas Jefferson got the land
and slaves. Along with those slaves was Betty Hemings, Johns mistress who was mixed. She
was the mother of Sally Hemings, which was the half sister of Thomass wife. Sally then
became Thomass wifes bed aid while she was sick and dying. After she died Thomas
became a spokesmen for Paris, which had him spending a lot of time over there. When he
went to Paris he took his personal slave Jupiter with him to learn French cooking. At the
same time Paris had laws against slavery and Jupiter found this out. Soon after Jefferson sent
for his daughter to come to Paris along with her personal slave Sally Hemings. When they
arrived in Paris Jupiter told Sally that they could get out of slavery but Sally wasnt
interested. She told him that Jefferson treated them both very well and that she was going to
stay with them. Soon after, Sally became pregnant with Jeffersons baby. Upon returning to
the united states to Jeffersons estate called Monticello. In the few years following Sally
became pregnant four more times with Jefferson, this was a secret until recently. It was
always a rumor, but has been