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Photo of Beverly Jefferson and his sons. The lives of Eston Hemings Jefferson’s descendants differed radically from those of his brother Madison, exemplifying the striking gap in opportunities for blacks and whites in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Beverly Jefferson’s sons benefited from the educational and professional advantages of the transition to whiteness. Thomas Jefferson Children, Sally Hemings, White House Washington Dc, African American History Facts, The Declaration Of Independence, John Adams, Oral History, Black Image, Thomas Jefferson

Photo of Beverly Jefferson and his sons. The lives of Eston Hemings Jefferson’s descendants differed radically from those of his brother Madison, exemplifying the striking gap in opportunities for blacks and whites in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Beverly Jefferson’s sons benefited from the educational and professional advantages of the transition to whiteness.

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Jill Sim holding photographs of her great-grandmother and great-uncle, among the first African American graduates of Vassar and MIT, respectivel Thomas Jefferson Children, Sally Hemings, Sea Captain, Family Research, Mother Of Two, Black Knowledge, Oral History, Family Stories, African Diaspora

Jillian Sim, a writer and mother of two, was raised in the white world. Her grandmother, Ellen Love, an actress, told her many family stories heard from her mother, Anita Hemmings Love. She mentioned connections to Jefferson and an English sea captain, but never spoke of descent from enslaved people. Jill Sim learned of her... Read more »

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