An Interesting Facts About The Hemings Family
This article is about the Bett Hemings slave of John Wayles. Betty Hemings was born since 1735 in an different race at that time those were considered as slave and she was one of them. In this extension writing we will throughout discuss Betty Hemings life when she was slave to John Wayles and then how was her life after the death of John Wayles. In this article we will also have a look into her personal life, love life and her children.
Who was Betty Hemings ?
In starting to this article we will look into that who was Betty Hemings. As we will have above discuss that Betty Hemings born in 1735 in slave family and she had been died in 1806. She was born into the era of slavery and she was slave to John Wayles. Betty Hemings had six children with John Wayles. One of her daughter Sally Hemings later she was became heir to Thomas Jefferson. Meanwhile John Wayles was a American famous and skill full brilliant lawyer, plantation owner and merchant. He was also best known as the father in law of Thomas Jefferson who was the third president of United States. As Betty Hemings was the slave of John Wayles she didn’t had any respect as she had born John Wayles children also Betty Hemings children were considered as slave as just she was. Martha Jefferson was the first women of John Wayles who were old dominion and her children were the half siblings of Betty and John’s children. They were just slave they didn’t had any reputation.
Betty Hemings Life After The Death Of John Wayles
When John Wayles had been died it was very hard time for Betty Hemings and her children. Along John’s they were slave and after his death they were slave but of other. After his death they were sifted to Thomas Jefferson and assumed by Martha Wayles and Thomas Jefferson. Strictly they were enforced to work at Monticello on plantation.
Experiences Of Betty Hemings As A Slave
As we have to discuss that Betty Hemings was born into the era when slavery were common. She belonged to salve family which they were bought as slaves and taken. Betty Hemings before John Wayles slave she was in relation with another slave whom they both had four children one of their daughter was Mary. Martin Hemings was the butler of Thomas Jefferson. Then Betty Hemings was sold and taken by John Wayles who gives her status of common law wife. But the love was not for her because of her slavery status. Along John Wayles she gave birth to six children. After the death of John Wayles she had been in relation with two slaves and had two children more although these two children of Betty had been worked for Thomas Jefferson as slaves.
Betty Hemings Death
In the last years of her life she had been lived in stateroom at Monticello where she worked for Thomas Jefferson as a merchant she used to sold cabbage chicken and strawberries. Later her stateroom were checked by archaeological site to make sure how slaves were lived. In the following year 1807 Betty Hemings died and buried at Monticello.
