Who was the slave with whom Thomas Jefferson probably had several children?
Correct answer: Sally Hemings
Player dwelsh113
Player Say what!?, When I was in nursing school, my first day in the labor and delivery department I was chosen to observe a delivery. It was a twelve year old girl having her baby. She had her teddy bear with her throughout the delivery. Her mother was going to raise the child. This was in the early 1980s and I have often wondered if the man who impregnated this child was prosecuted or protected. I never worked in L and D nor wanted to after this experience. The people in this country that think molestation of children is just fine are mentally deranged. How can adults be of right minds that believe stealing a child's childhood through Rape is acceptable?
Mighty Mind
Trinka, i keep hearing this she could have left bs. How could a 14 yr old who went with her slave iwner to another country could have left? She was a child and IN ANOTHER COUNTRY! this is not rocket science people.
whoopjay
Trinka, she was 14. he was a molester.
Taranchalanche
tawiyela12, was hard then to be a woman. HAVE to attach yourself to a man and hope he doesn't beat you or abandon you. Let us all remember the old times were rotten especially for women you had few choices if your luck ran out you literally might die of starvation.
Cupidschild
Daddio, Sorry to burst your bubble(head) but it was PROVEN by dna the truth. He did have black children
Cherokeeprincess3
Mighty Mind, it’s not like she could get on a plane and leave.
Vee
DNA has ABSOLUTELY proven this story to be true. Sally was the half-sister of Jefferson's wife. Sally was "gifted" to her upon marrying Jefferson.
Taranchalanche
Poopsy1958, girls got married MUCH earlier then. Try reading some Dickens. Not to condone it but the late 1700s were VERY different from now. Men had wives die in childbirth a LOT. Survival was not assured anyone.
HarlemzFlyGirl
Taranchalanche, He didn't marry her, he molested her, let's not try to make it seem as if it were a legit love affair. Dirty ole geezer
Joy
Dispicable. 14, remained a servant, victimized same way as her mother, life sentence with no way out. SO thankful to live today. When people talk about "the good ole days", I always wonder if they are mental. Sick powerful people throughout history in every country preying on the innocent and powerless. We may have far to go but we are so much better than any time in history.
Danny
Don't judge the social norms of the past...learn from them and do your best to improve on them. Those beautiful powered wigs were full of fleas and lice. There weren't any bathrooms so you could "go" on the hall floors. Learn from history and quit judging others from different eras.
Anya
I never knew this fact. Sickens me to think of that poor 14 year old child. She never had a chance.
LilyPup2u
Mighty Mind, I jumped out of the car while sitting at the light. I saw a fire department and ran to them for help! I was promptly returned to my abusers. This was1972. I was8.
LilyPup2u
Player dwelsh113, the ppl that have you captive never care. I survived without ever becoming pregnant, thank God, but you never forget it
Dorothy
I saw the movie based on Sally Heming"s life.
Mars V
Watch The Jeffersons. What a great show!
Robinlyne
Sally's state of mind must of been stuck in what is called survival mode...She did what she had no other choice in her mind. I believe it wouldn't of mattered to try and get help for rape. She most likely would of been laughed at and returned with repercussions.
Lionessa
Johnny, Having no choice is not " giving in willingly. "
Bana
Player #13274052,
Agree my friend 110 percent
Lionessa
johnny, I don't believe that anyone "can't fight the urge." You're either an adult in control of your own behavior or a child in an adult body, aka sociopath.
BamaBell
ConditionalRainfall3, he didn't marry he was married to her half sister(dad raped Sally's mom ) plus it was illegal for whites to marry blacks no matter the age and they definitely wasn't going to marry their slave
Pop
Player dwelsh113
Definitely well said.
Lionessa
Deborah , Plenty of black girls are raped by family members, too. It's not a racial thing, it's a disgusting male thing.
lloyd
read Uncle Tom's Cabin
Johnny
whoopjay,
Studies show 94% of men have thoughts of underage women. Majority deny it but polygraphs show that they lie. It's called the wolf's trait.
Some leave it as a fantasy and never follow through. While others can't fight the urges. And in the state of being a slave, she probably gave in willingly.
🤔
Mars V
Jacqui, You’re holding up 200+ year old events to today’s standards. As sickening as it is, she was legal property. These were people who believed that even in the eyes of God, slavery was right.
The world is slowly but surely changing for the better.
Mars V
RuralVortex69725, they’re and their…come on!
Faz
Player dwelsh113, if only all politicians were like you we would be a better country
Victoria
Player dwelsh113, a retired Nurse here, we witnessed a lot of sad things that we just rather not talk about in the hospital and nursing homes across the nation,
Miriam
Taranchalanche, she didn't marry him she was a slave. he raped her throughout her life.
Wannabe Vulcan
Player #32214027, you make it sound like it's their choice. It isn't. At that age, it's rape, period.
Wannabe Vulcan
Kathy, in her case it wasn't marriage, it was LITERAL slavery.
Wannabe Vulcan
Taranchalanche, yes, and, oh yeah, SHE WAS A SLAVE!
gemsano
LaQuizz, would you really call it a love affair? she was his property
Border Cat
"probably"? There is a Jefferson -Hemmings Society. They are descendants of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings.
MzMita
Joy, not "servant " enslaved person, big difference
Vic
Player dwelsh113, So sad for the young girl, no one is protecting many girls from perverted men who take advantage of the children,!As a Nurse, my self, have seen, children having babies and have seen many babies brought to the hospital and left behind!,deserted,
hunter
Alexandra Kendall, agreed. If people would stop to read the facts they mught better understand the culture back then.
Both in USA and SA, when the families were trekking inland, incest was very prevalent.
Player #31753367
What a very sad part of our History. Would be interesting to hear more from the descendents. we should be shamed that Child Marriage is still acceptable in many countries.
Bodacious
Player dwelsh113, so sad !!!!!