#Sally Hemings

[livelaughlovelams]

Ew. Ew. No no no. Do not call this a love story, this is sick. What the hell. She was 16. 16?!

#sally hemings #awareness #ick #amrev #american revolution #thomas jefferson #jefferson #stop it. get some help #no because honestly... #what the actual fuck #this is sickening. #jefferson was a rapist. #no♥️

[unicornsaures]

Schools need to stop ignoring the fact thomas jefferson was a horrible person. Please for the love of god school systems stop ignoring Sally Hemmings. She deserved so much better; she was a CHILD. She deserves to be recognized for what she faced. Just because Jefferson is so important to american history schools blatantly ignore the abuse he put this girl through and INSTEAD talk about how he was against slavery??(my school did at least.)

I hate it so much; like despise it. The founding fathers are not to be idolized. Their achievements can be idolized; but they should not be as PEOPLE. Schools lack the ability to mention the fact that whether they did good or not, most of them were absolutely horrible men. SPECIFICALLY THOMAS JEFFERSON!!! My schools have never once mentioned Sally Hemmings, and honestly they do whatever to avoid ot.

Its upsetting to see, in all honesty. Just because Jefferson and the other founders did good work does not mean they were good people. There are actions that even then were not acceptable(from my knowledge r@pe was illegal during the 18th century)-and those actions are certainly not acceptable now.

Justice needs to be done for Sally, and honestly every person hurt by not only jefferson, but other founding fathers. Whether they founded america or not, they are not people to be idolized and the fucked up shit theyve done shouldnt be ignored for the sole purpose its "innapropriate," or "controversial." Because no, its not controversial. Its a fact.

Jefferson specifically makes me upset because the knowledge of his abuse to Sally is well known. Its not some foreign consoiracy, people know that it happened and choose ignore it. Jefferson was a massive fucking piece of shit and his actions should not remain a "hush hush" topic.

Just because Jefferson is important to US history does not mean he gets a pass on this. Sally needs to be addressed, she needs to be learned about, and shoving into kids heads that the founding fathers were great people is absolute bullshit. This goes for every historical figure, too.

Dont need a whole lesson on it; just one mention. Just one singular mention about Sally and how horrible Jefferson was would suffice if its THAT controversial. Sally was a child. Not an adult. A 13-14 year old girl- Jefferson was over 40. For YEARS i was under this impression that the founding fathers could do no wrong yet here we are after i had to learn about it MYSELF.

I am aware schools lie all the time but my god this should not be something simply glazed over. American schools especially struggle with properly educating kids on topics like slavery and its just..why? Is it so hard to just acknowledge that jefferson was a bad person? The founding fathers are not to be glorified and idolized??

Im sorry for ranting but my god it just takes one brief mention to a class of kids and they have more knowledge on this than at least half of america.

#thomas jefferson #sally hemings #founding fathers #18th century #american history #us history #schools stop ignoring sally hemmings challenge go!!

[fuckyeahcostumedramas]

Thandiwe Newton in as Sally Hemings in Jefferson in Paris (Film, 1995).

#thandiwe newton #jefferson in paris #sally hemings #perioddramaedit #18th century #jenny beavan #john bright

[misscromwellsmonocle]

Behind the Myth of Benevolence (2014) by Titus Kaphar

“Titus Kaphar Behind the Myth of Benevolence exposes, complicates and disrupts the notion, narrative and positionality of the so-called ‘benevolent’ founding father, Thomas Jefferson, our third president and author of the Declaration of Independence which articulated ‘all men are created equal with an equal right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,’ who owned more than 600 human beings.

The ‘curtain’ is simultaneously revealing and concealing Sally Hemings, a Black woman he owned whose six children he fathered, portrayed in a more stark and dark representation than other images of her." (source)

#contemporary art #painting #Titus Kaphar #Behind the myth of benevolence #2014 #Thomas Jefferson #Declaration of Independence #Sally Hemings #Miss Cromwell #2010s

[lams-is-canon]

Today is Thomas Jefferson's birthday

But I hate Thomas Jefferson a lot. We don't actually know Sally Heming's birthday although we know the year was around 1773, so I'm just going to take today to honor her. Imagine, just for a second, if she lived in the modern age. She could've had a good life. She could've had a childhood without rape and pedophiles and endless work. She could've had a family, a real good one. Instead, she was born into slavery and had a horrible life. She was only a quarter black. She had relatively straight black hair. Looks like she might've had brown eyes. Take a moment to honor her. Her brother, James, too. He was an amazing chef who actually invented macaroni and cheese. Just take a moment, to honor every slave who never got a good life because of their SKIN.

#sally hemings #thomas jefferson #hamilton #fuck Thomas Jefferson #He was an awful person

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

#talkin #tik tok #food #recipes #nikki.mov #oreos #ice cream #james hemings #sally hemings #thomas jefferson #augustus Jackson

[digitalyarbs]

Thomas Jefferson with Freckles? Yes, according to Daniel Webster, "Mr. Jefferson is now between eighty-one and eighty-two, above six feet high, of an ample, long frame, rather thin and spare. His head, which is not peculiar in its shape, is set rather forward on his shoulders; and his neck being long, there is, when he is walking or conversing, an habitual protrusion of it. It is still well covered with hair, which having been once red, and now turning gray, is of an indistinct sandy color. His eyes are small, very light, and now neither brilliant nor striking. His chin is rather long, but not pointed. His nose small, regular in its outline, and the nostrils a little elevated. His mouth is well formed and still filled with teeth; it is strongly compressed, bearing an expression of contentment and benevolence. His complexion, formerly light and freckled, now bears the marks of age and cutaneous affection. " According to the Monticello website, "His eyes were variously described by family, friends, employees, and others as blue, gray, "light," hazel, and combinations thereof." This updated rendition of Thomas Jefferson's life mask has been reconstructed to portray a more life like skin texture, incorporating some of the freckles that are often mentioned in descriptions of his appearance. With the utmost aim of capturing his true likeness, this reconstruction of Thomas Jefferson's life mask strives to faithfully represent him as closely as possible.

#tjeff #thomas jefferson #amrev #american history #american revolution #president #presidents #sally hemings #martha jefferson

[rmsstevielol]

unpopular opinion: I don’t think Alexander Hamilton was as much of an “evil” person as people make him out to be. I think he was a good person who made some pretty shitty mistakes in his life and pretty much messed his own life up e.g cheating on Eliza I mean how could u cheat on HER and not stopping Philip from going to a duel. Obviously these things are unforgivable, however, I think he was a good person and from research apparently he was an incredible father and a loving husband to Eliza until the Reynolds affair (obviously) I mean it was obvious Eliza and him loved eachother deeply have u read their letters?? So to conclude, Alexander Hamilton was a very complicated, stubborn, arrogant man but also good, loving and caring I don’t think people should be hating on him as much as they do especially when people such as James Reynolds, THOMAS JEFFERSON and honestly even George Washington exist :)

#amrev #american history #alexander hamilton #john laurens #kirk hammett #alexander hamilshit #american revolution #henry laurens #metallica #80s music #thomas jeffershit #sally hemings #george washington #alexander hamilton appreciation

[18th-century-bitch]

Sally Hemings deserves better.

#amrev #american revolution #sally hemings

[thoughtportal]

The horrors perpetrated by the founding fathers

#tweet #tweets #twitter #chattel slavery #american history #american slavery #slavery #thomas jefferson #sally hemings #us presidency #us presidents

[lightdancer1]

The most disturbing reality of the life of Sally Hemings is that there is a spotlight on it because of who Thomas Jefferson was. It was not that unique in itself.

And that life testifies to the invisible reality that will be gone into in more detail tomorrow in the 19th Century. The experiences of Black women, as defined by modern scholars like Kimberle Crenshaw, form and have always formed an intersectional axis of how the various categories of repression and oppression in American democracy worked and continue to work. Black women were invisible, hence the phrasing "Blacks and women." Black women were also subject to very particular horrors and types of exploitation in slavery, one of the seediest, filthiest underbellies of the entire Old South.

Insofar as things were and are unique here, at another level, it is also because of Sally Hemings being Martha Jefferson's half-sister. THAT was an extra level of sleaze that really was unusual even for plantation owners. But beyond that, her life, as much as it was defined by being the most well-known case of what was standard practice on plantations, speaks of what the truth of the 'Peculiar Institution' was, the deformities worked on the corroded consciences of the slaveowner, and the realities of how much it took to endure those horrors when one was the enslaved person.

This is one of many, many invisible strands of American history whose recovery is no small part of the effort to censor and ban Black history today.

#lightdancer comments on history #women's history month #the united states and women's history #sally hemings #black women's history

[problematic-president]

which founding father has the smallest amount of redeeming qualities

There's no objective answer for this (heck it even depends on who you'd consider a founding father) but if i had to choose from the "main" ones? It's thomas jefferson because even the contributions he made to the founding of america are still outweighed by the awful stuff he did (slavery and sally hemings)

#virasinbox #anonymous #thomas jefferson #sally hemings #historyposting

[shotheardaroundtheworld]

Discussing the Evidence: Sally Hemings & Thomas Jefferson

As we go through more letters between June and July of 1787, Sally is mentioned more often, particularly in a letter from Adams to Jefferson on July 10. This is a short post, so it'll be an easy read.

1.5:ABIGAIL ADAMS' LETTERS (1787, CONTINUED)

July 10, 1787

Abigail Adams begins the letter by complimenting Maria's intelligence and rewriting a song that reminded her of the girl.

"What she thinks in her Heart

You may read in her Eyes

For knowing no art

She needs no disguise"

She also continues about writing and guests, and how her husband John will probably make an attempt to talk to him about Mr. Trumbull; "mr Adams will write you— he has not a portrait that he likes to send you. mr Trumble talks of taking one."

She closes the letter with some finances relating to Maria Jefferson and her maid, Sally.

Sally gets less than what Maria had gotten, which is usually expected in this time period.

"12 yds calico for 2 short Gowns & coat, 4 yd half Irish linen for Aprons, 3 pr Stockings, 1 Shawl handkerchief, paid for washing".

In Jefferson's letter on July 10, he does not mention Sally. He mostly talks about his daughter's coming across the channel from Dover to Calais.

"...according to my calculation, my daughter would be crossing the channel, I had calculated the course from Dover to Calais...your favour of the 6th..."

Even in his next letter, July 16, he does not mention Sally. He continues to write about his daughter and the news that he has.

"I had the happiness of receiving yesterday my daughter in perfect health."

Maria and Sally were meant to stay with the Adamses for two weeks, and it was already around the later end of that time.

Sally being mentioned fades out from the scene, and in Jefferson's letters from then don't scarcely say anything about her. Same with Abigail.

Sources & Links:

July 10, 1787 (AA to TJ)

July 10, 1787 (TJ to AA)

July 16, 1787 (TJ to AA)

#american history #thomas jefferson #abigail adams #john adams #sally hemings #john trumbull #history #founding fathers #this is up for debate #we cannot know for sure

[number1lamsshipper]

not Hamilton (musical) related, but whatever.

if you refer to sally hemings as thomas jefferson's "mistress", i'm going to automatically assume that you're gross.

#thomas jefferson was a shitty person #sally hemings

[romcomisdead]

#sally hemings #thomas jefferson #jefferson in paris edit #jefferson in paris #movie amv #movie edit #movie #movie film #film #historical fiction #edits #edit #patsy jefferson #martha jefferson #maria cosway #james hemings

[the-bowster]

i hate all you mother fuckers calling Thomas Jefferson raping a little girl a 'love story'. you ass holes make me sick. you're the reason people glorify that bullshit. She couldn't have possibly consented to anything.

#sally hemings #things i hate