Harriet Hemings

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Who was Harriet Hemings? Harriet Hemings
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Who was Harriet Hemings?

Harriet Hemings was the daughter of Sally Hemings, an enslaved woman at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello plantation, and Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States. Born in 1801, she is known for having a complex identity due to her mixed-race heritage and her eventual decision to pass as white in American society.