Jefferson inherited James Hemings from Wayles when the boy was just 8. He later took the 19-year-old Hemings with him on a diplomatic trip to Paris in 1784.

In 1784, Jefferson went to Paris, eventually gathering his two daughters, Martha and Polly, and Sally and James Hemings, around him.

The unequal power relationship between Jefferson and Hemings started in 1787, when he requested that she accompany his 8-year-old daughter Maria to Paris, France, as a domestic servant and maid in ...

Jefferson inherited James Hemings from Wayles when the boy was just 8. He later took the 19-year-old Hemings with him on a diplomatic trip to Paris in 1784. There, Jefferson had him trained as a chef ...

Jefferson inherited James Hemings from Wayles when the boy was just 8. He later took the 19-year-old Hemings with him on a diplomatic trip to Paris in 1784.

Jefferson inherited James Hemings from Wayles when the boy was just 8. He later took the 19-year-old Hemings with him on a diplomatic trip to Paris in 1784.