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Jefferson had one made for Monticello for James Hemings (Sally’s brother) to make the cuisine his owner had come to love in Paris.

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Kern continues: "And so 14-year-old Sally Hemings, who has known Virginia her whole life, is asked to be the company for young Maria Jefferson on this weeks at sea and then arrival in France." ...

James Hemings agreed to return to America in return for his freedom and continued culinary training, but Sally Hemings isn’t recorded as asking for her own freedom, Bowman said.

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Madison Hemings' parents were Sally Hemings (1773-Sept. 6, 1835) and Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743-July 4, 1826). The month and day of Sally Hemings' birth are not known.