Example sentences for: hemings

How can you use “hemings” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Hemings, who was 29 years younger than Jefferson, was herself the mulatto half-sister of Jefferson's wife.

  • Finally, the largest obstacle in proving that it was Thomas Jefferson who was the father of Hemings' last son is the fact that Jefferson was 65 years old at that time, with no record of potency for almost two decades.

  • In addition, Hemings was the half-sister of Jefferson's wife.

  • The cover story reports on new DNA tests confirming that Thomas Jefferson fathered at least one child by his slave Sally Hemings.

  • Many Hemings descendants were unaware of any African-American ancestry (Hemings was a mulatto) and equally unaware that they were related to a president.


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