Sally Hemmings and it was more than an affair. His wife had died and some years after her death he and Sally got together. She had 6 children by him and they were together until he died.
No, that was Thomas Jefferson.
Sally Hemmings. She was the slave of Thomas Jefferson and had his children.
The president in office during the Chesapeake-Leopard affair was Thomas Jefferson.
Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, was rumoured to have done this.
Jefferson did not have any sons, except possibly for a slave son named Tom.
Obviously.
Relationship is a very broad term & in the purest sense, he had at least an OWNERSHIP relationship with all his slaves.. Sally Hemmings was his slave but he apparently also was sexually intimate & several of her children's ancestors have Jefferson's DNA. Sally & most of Jefferson's slaves came as dowery from his wifes family when they married. Sally may have also been a half sister to Jefferson's first wife, meaning his father-in law, was intimate with Sally's mother... That slave thing got pretty involved & confusing, with a lot of blurred moral lines crossed.
The plot to assassinate the President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis was called the Dahlgren Affair .
Some slave masters in history include Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and John C. Calhoun.
Sally Hemings - Jefferson's slave and his wife's half sister
Yes! Thomas Jefferson treated his slaves like they were family.
probably