[PAR] [TLE] Sally Hemings [SEP] Sarah "Sally" Hemings ( 1773 – 1835) was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by President Thomas Jefferson.  Most historians believe Jefferson was the father of her six children, born after the death of his wife, Martha Jefferson.  Four survived to adulthood, and were given freedom by Jefferson.  Hemings was the youngest of six siblings by the widowed planter John Wayles and a mixed-race woman he kept as a slave, Betty Hemings; Sally and her siblings were three-quarters European and half-siblings of Jefferson's wife, Martha Wayles Skelton.  As an infant Sally came to Monticello as part of Martha's inheritance of her father's slave holdings. [PAR] [TLE] James Hemings [SEP] James Hemings (1765–1801) was an American mixed-race slave owned and freed by Thomas Jefferson.  He was an older brother of Sally Hemings and a half-sibling of Jefferson's wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson because their father was John Wayles.  As a young man, Hemings was selected by Jefferson to accompany him to Paris when the latter was appointed Minister to France.  There Hemings was trained to be a French chef; independently, he took lessons to learn to speak the French language.
[PAR] [TLE] Sally Hemings [ SEP ] Sarah " Sally " Hemings ( 1773 – 1835 ) was an enslaved woman of mixed race owned by President Thomas Jefferson . Most historians believe Jefferson was the father of her six children , born after the death of his wife , Martha Jefferson . Four survived to adulthood , and were given freedom by Jefferson . Hemings was the youngest of six siblings by the widowed planter John Wayles and a mixed - race woman he kept as a slave , Betty Hemings ; Sally and her siblings were three - quarters European and half - siblings of Jefferson 's wife , Martha Wayles Skelton . As an infant Sally came to Monticello as part of Martha 's inheritance of her father 's slave holdings . [PAR] [TLE] James Hemings [ SEP ] James Hemings ( 1765–1801 ) was an American mixed - race slave owned and freed by Thomas Jefferson . He was an older brother of Sally Hemings and a half - sibling of Jefferson 's wife Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson because their father was John Wayles . As a young man , Hemings was selected by Jefferson to accompany him to Paris when the latter was appointed Minister to France . There Hemings was trained to be a French chef ; independently , he took lessons to learn to speak the French language .
Who was the President who owned both James Heming and Sarah "Sally" Hemings?
Who was the President who owned both James Heming and Sarah " Sally " Hemings ?
President Thomas Jefferson
President Thomas Jefferson