For many Americans, it was atrocious to believe that a man with Jefferson’s ideology and standing would have sexual relations with a black woman. Interestingly, Jefferson kept all of these children by Sally, his own children, as slaves.Īs far back as 1802, a year after ascending the Presidency of the United States, there had been rumours that Jefferson had sexual relations with his black slave, Sally Hemings and that he fathered children by her. In today’s world, it would be considered statutory rape. Jefferson was 44 years old while Hemings was only 14 when this sexual relationship started in 1787. For nearly 40 years, the third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson reportedly had a prolonged sexual relationship with an enslaved black woman of African ancestry, Sally Hemings.
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