John Hemings
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John Hemmings was an American woodworker. Born into slavery at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello as a member of the large mixed-race Hemings family, he trained in the Monticello Joinery and became a highl
A view of where the Mulberry Row slave cabins once stood.
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. The green enclosure Hemmings crafted is visible on the right-hand side of the house.
Eston Hemings
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Eston Hemings Jefferson was born into slavery at Monticello, the youngest son of Sally Hemings, a mixed-race enslaved woman. Most historians who have considered the question believe that his father wa
John Hemings
…the fine woodwork of the interiors at Monticello and Poplar Forest. Hemmings also served as the master joiner to apprentices Beverley, Madison, and Eston Hemings, Jefferson's sons by Sally Hemings. After decades of service, John Hemmings was freed in 1826 by Jefferson's will and given the tools to the joinery…
1845 article in The Liberator about the Hemings family in Ohio
The gravesite of Eston Hemings Jefferson in Madison, Wisconsin.
John Wayles Jefferson