Harriet Hemings Leaves Monticello

A look at the departure of Harriet Hemings, daughter of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, who was allowed to leave Monticello without being legally freed.

[thinktank]

To the creator of this video:
What you do not understand is that Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson were lovers who engaged in a relationship at Monticello, and Sally Hemings was a cleverly assertive woman, who made sure that she and her children would not live as other enslaved Africans. That’s why they were emancipated at 21 with vocational skills that they learned for their survival.
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[karmad]

I thought that the agreement between Jefferson and Sally was that any children that they would have would be freed (not just allowed to run away).

[rosettarose]

Why is it interesting that an enslaved person is able to leave slavery and cannot return to slavery. Slavery is Slavery whether it’s Thomas Jefferson slave or not!

[Mwahlele]

So after the kids left at 21 they never seen their parents or family again?

[alessandrarosina]

Ho letto anni fa la biografia di sally hemigins di Barbara chase riboud harriet sposa jacob però il cognome non si sa e ha avuto molti figli e ha celato il segreto che suo padre era Thomas jefferson autore della dichiarazione di indipendenza e presidente degli stati Uniti!