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Did Thomas Jefferson have any children with slave women?

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Did Thomas Jefferson have any children with slave women?

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It is generally believed, and well supported with DNA evidence, that Jefferson fathered six children with a slave named Sally Hemings. There is also evidence to suggest that Sally’s father was also the father of Jefferson’s wife, Martha Wayles Skelton.