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James Hemings

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Gender Male
Born Charles City County
Virginia
United States
DiedBaltimore
Maryland
United States
1801
Baltimore
Maryland
United States
Parents Betty Hemings
John Wayles
Niece Harriet Hemings
Grandparents Susannah
Job Chef
Slave
Siblings Sally Hemings
Date of birth January 1,1765
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Date of Upd.
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James Hemings was the first American to train as a chef in France. He was Mulatto and born in Virginia in 1765. At 8 years old, he was enslaved by Thomas Jefferson. He was an older brother of Sally Hemings and a half-sibling of Jefferson's wife Martha Jefferson, with whom he shared John Wayles as father.

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