The Descendants of Thomas Jefferson - Shannon LaNier
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- When I was in the second grade, I told my classmates one of my great grandfathers was President Thomas Jefferson. The class, seeing my darker skin color, laughed at me and my teacher proclaimed me a liar. My mom visited school the next day to defend me and tell my teacher that yes, indeed, my family had proof their lineage traced to Jefferson and the woman he enslaved, Sally Hemings. These are some of his other descendants.
This should imply he kept his own children as slaves, and didn't free them?
I remember reading his own kids were granted freedom when they reached adult age. And the hundreds of other slaves were sold off after his death.
@@josephmoore9706 well I do know that he kept the brothers and sisters of Sally as slaves even after taking them to France where slavery had been abolished and they were technically free... took them back home, kept them as slaves for another year or two then freed one or two of them ( the males). Still a very absurd concept (edit: to put it lightly)
He freed the kids as adults. He didn’t free Sally because freed slaves had to leave Virginia. However, after Tom died Sally was given “her time”, meaning that she was never assigned tasks anymore and given a pass to roam when she wanted, essentially an unofficial retirement. You know what her job was when Tom was alive? She was in charge of managing his wardrobe. Any man that lets a woman pick his clothes everyday is a simp. At first, I felt bad for her because she was a teenager and he was taking advantage of her. Then I read that he begged her to go back to Virginia with him after she threatened to stay in France where she knew she was automatically free, and how he let her pick his clothes for him, and then Tom looked like a simp to me.
Can you imagine the family cookouts? You'd have to rent out a football stadium to fit everyone.
The man speaking is Shannon Lanier probably the most notable and famous of the bunch
How neat! Loved it! Currently reading America’s First Daughter ! Great book. Beautiful family.
This should be a prime example of how we are all connected through generations...the hatred of another bc of the color of their skin is ridiculous 😔
Easy to say when folk in your family were not, stolen, sole, beaten, raped molested, hung, treated less than a dog and done all by Christians.
Well said. The truth.
When I was doing lineage research
It was sad , I read Thomas Jefferson was a slave breeder; he had over 600 slaves
The real legacy - Impact sadness and horribleness
Wild stuff! That 8th granddaughter looks like a model
Those eyes don't lie!!!
You ain't lieing 😮
There’s a Key and Peele sketch that’s basically about this
DNA ancestory commercial. Thomas Mudafukin Jefferson.
I hate you😂
I went to school with a girl who was a descendant of Thomas Jefferson back in the 90s.
Very good looking family like full of intelligence and something of integrity. So odd how our faces give impressions
Holy shit they all actually look somewhat similar man was a dawggy
She was a child when it began. What else can u call him.
@@renayhayles6883 and she was his wife’s half sister more than likely…..
Papa was a rolling stone for real he like yams and didn't matter what color 😂
He was a rapist
Love or passion don't see color
@@NiyiAdeleke doubt it was love. At least in the start. I hate how history makes it seem as if it was love. She was a slave. Most likely the relationship was not by choice.
Is it funny? seeing as he was 44 years old having sex with a 14 -15 year old slave girl.
@@maggiejumphighintothesky5526oh no….
We are family. Jefferson’s mother and my great whatever grandfather were brother and sister. He definitely left a complicated legacy… proof that the Founding Fathers were human, and subject to all the same mess we are. There’s a picture of Jefferson, that looks so close to what my son looks like now.. it’s crazy how traits are carried down over the years. We aren’t related via Ms Hemings, but it’s still pretty cool we’re related
Tommy sure had an appetite
No one's going to believe us. If that's the case here, let me speak my truth. I am 10th Generation great-granddaughter, of Sally Hemmings and Thomas Jefferson!!!! Saying it out loud doesn't make anyone believe you. The government, however, my love ones, and all my ancestors know it to be true!!!!💪🏽💜💪🏽💚💪🏽🧡💪🏽🩷💪🏽🤍
When his wife passed, he had Sally with him most of the time, even in Paris....
Sally was his wife half sister that passed knowledge is power
Yeah - the nose and the thinly determined upper lips don’t lie.
Could be TJ’s son for real
@@AJLD1it isnt, at best 2 of the kids were fathered by someone in jefferson's family. But there is far from any definitive proof that he actually had any kids with sally hemmings. She was also really not that black lmao, she was like a quarter at most
@@nimbletimplekins7601
Actually she was exactly a quarter. And she was referred to as being able to pass for white.
It’s all in the eyes
My grandparents have a book that’s at least 20lbs passed down from generation to generation
chills
Wow. Very cool!!!
Look how beautifully colorful the whole family is
Cringe comment
@euphegenia well... ALL the members of my family are different colors so... sorry that pointing out how beautiful it is awoke so much malice and cringe in you smh
@@MrsLadan wow ur like so virtuous and stuff. I bow in your presence. I hope day I can be as righteous as you.
@euphegenia THAT was a cringe comment... how sad is your life that you just go around CZcams picking on people around the holidays? Jeez. Hopefully you have a better new year.
@@MrsLadan I’m actually quite well, thanks, but I appreciate your concern. My comments aren’t in the same universe as “look how beautifully colorful the whole family is (extraordinary cringe). I don’t have to pretend to be virtuous for strangers on the internet. Lord knows why you feel compelled to do so and to assume someone’s wellness based on a CZcams comment.
Brother aint gettin cancelled now!
Yes of Thomas, who was a President, and Ms Sally who was a....
A.) SL
B.) A
C.) VE
D.) All of the above
TJ was the OG playa
I’m the great great nephew of Thomas Jefferson just to let you know
That's amazing but I'm not surprised 😎
Thomas Jefferson was the Genghis Khan of America
Bruz was bustin' on the daily.
Why are they so “happy” about this?
Exactly what I was thinking. Dude was a 44 year old creeping with a child slave, it's disgusting history
Omg she was 16 and pregnant!
As bad as it is, this one of those keys can solve or not racism in the land.
@@josephmoore9706If you think that’s bad, wait till you hear about how Prophet Muhammad married a 6-year-old and “consummated” the marriage when she was just 9.
I was thinking that really weird 😮😮😮😮😮
This is so cool!
Sorry to hear that
This is awesome 😮😊
That’s awesome
The 8th generation lady absolutely beautiful wow 😍, with all due respect, 👍❤️. Pura Vida
that’s amazing
Bro had no chill 😂
Have you ever heard about Major Freeman who married Harriet Hemings?
Multi cultural like America
Thomas Jefferson never had kids with Sally
Who is the eighth generation lady? Wow, she is stunning! ❤
Descendants of Randolph Jefferson
Atleast one person knows the truth.
Atleast one person knows the truth.
This guy. Thank you
Nice try. If Monticello historians and actual Jefferson descendants can accept the fact that Thomas Jefferson fathered Sally Hemming's children, why can't you?
@@kitchenskills5427
The majority of historians who have actually reviewed the evidence agree that it wasn't Jefferson. And those that disagree only say that evidence is inconclusive.
Nobody says that Jefferson was definitely the one who had sex with her. There's zero evidence for it aside from him being one of over twenty individuals who could even be considered. But there's a LOT of evidence that it wasn't him. From him only mentioning her twice in his writings (in passing at that) to the sheer number of people who were around there estate who never suggested, to the French secret police heavily monitoring Thomas Jefferson in France.
The only reason to believe he slept with hemmings is because of bias against him.
So how did it all started?👀
Thomas's Jefferson had his white wife but he also raped black slaves who became pregnant with his offspring
With some cheek clapping
old white man, sexual relationship with a child slave. Sounds horrifying, but at least their descendants are happy...
Sally must've been bad 😩
That nose cannot lie.
He has some nice looking decendants. 👍
Good looking family 😊 seek God Acts 2:38 Bible
"Thomas Motherf**kin Jefferson"
Yea boy had 38 children 😭😭😭
America is behind in teaching proper history
Beautiful!
sad.
And I'm related to you guys to and i share his last name never met you guys
I am too ❤ 🙏🙌🏽
Tell your truth!!!
Thomas Jefferson had the dawg in him
I’m sorry but is this something to be proud about?
NOT TRUE.
DNA evidence concluded that it could have been between 25 members of Jeffersons family. That does NOT mean Jefferson himself slept with hemmings.
On top of that, the supposed love affair in France couldn't have happened since Jefferson was confirmed to have been monitored by the French secret police who made no such note. Jefferson himself also seldom made any note of Hemmings and when he did he only referred to her in passing.
What's more likely is that Randolph Jefferson was the one to sleep with Sally Hemmings, since he was well known to hang around the slaves.
The Jefferson Hemmings myth started as nothing more than a political mud sling by a guy who was actually ran out of his own countryside due to the myths he spread there (Scotland I think, but I'm unsure).
The reason it continues today is because of all the race hustling done by politicians and the modern day desire to view everything from the past as containing some dark secret. (I.E X person from the 1700s was racist).
Stop believing things immediately upon hearing them and look them up. That, NOT letting people "fact check" for you or suppressing people's ability to communicate, is how you stop misinformation.
Sally Hemmings knew who fathered her children. It was long passed down orally in the Hemmings' family that Thomas Jefferson was the father. He was at Monticello at the time of each conception. Why else would he have only allowed her children to go free without setting slave catchers on them?
What about the Elijah Fletcher letter dated May 8 1811 that acts as a primary source depicting Jefferson living with "Black Sal" and it being common enough knowledge that the neighbors knew?
@@DistantLights Who was he and who did he send the letter to ?
@@Chicago_Cabbie he was a teacher who lived in virginia, he sent the letter to his father. you can see the letter for yourself if you search Elijah's Account of a Visit to Monticello with that date
@CornpopTheBadDude there's a few slave accounts after the civil war (madison hemings, Israel Jefferson) that support it, but seeing that it can be (and was) used as a political weapon, I can understand why he would want to keep it lowkey. The dates of conception for the Hemmings children match Jefferson's personal presence in Monticello, I can't tell you if the conception dates match for Randolph's visits, if there's any sort of record of that. Also the Callender guy is a slimeball, but at least one of his political accusations (Alexander Hamilton having an affair) ended up being true, so he at least has a track record of being correct. There's also supporting circumstances, like Jefferson only freeing Sally's children and none other. If they were his brother Randolph's mistress and children, why wouldn't he exchange them with some of Randolph's slaves?
Are you Aaron burr, sir?
Fun fact Thomas Jefferson is my 3rd cosin
what's the proof though?
He also only freed 2 of them on his death bed 😢
No he didn’t. They were freed as a result of his death, pursuant to his will.
They should have check all of the founding fathers lineage, at this point it doesn't surprised me about the outcome....
Key and peele did this
The President of the United States is crazy
Chiiiiile reparations 😂😂😂
He put in work
Thomas…
My kin I’m his brother’s great grandson
No he's not.
Only God.knows our.past we are one family the.body of Christ. St. Augustine was. bi racial. His Mother St. Monica was a Christian (white) and his father Patricius was (black) a Pagan. She prayed suffered and fasted to save their souls. They all converted.including her.mother in law and other son. Sacrificial LOVE.
It was his brother Randolph Jefferson that fathered the children, not Thomas.
This really nothing to take pride in truthfully its disgusting u think about thanks to him he oppressed so many generations of his descendants and he had the power to change the narrative but choose to contradict himself with all these quotes.
Are you sure what if someone from his and his wife had children with a black person
I just want to come p wr for Mac and Cheese
No proof.
This is my family💀 nahhh
Lol melanin is strong
After all those years they still have their White features.
I am 69th son of G washington
How goofy can you be to be proud of this?
He sold his black kids
he actually didn’t. he did keep them as slaves tho, and freed them when they turned 21
Yes he gave them away and we need justice we are still alive
They weren't his kids.
@@erikalewis2042justice for what? He gave you away…. So what
@@erikalewis2042 "we need justice" thomas jefferson is long dead and you personally weren't affected. Only his kids were and they're long dead too. pat yourself on the back for solace, sorry.
YOU MEAN RANDOLPH JEFFERSON 😂😂😂😂
Oh my God
And that got debunked.
Thomas Jefferson didn't screw a slave /s
When?
@@MegrelMamba watch the video made by "Leather apron club" and form your own opinion.
It was the video from 4 moths ago
@@0815Catgus ok
@@MegrelMamba Cheers
😎
Funny how the little girl raised her left leg up….
Usually those who have true royalty in their blood line do!
Yeah, and I'm Jefferson's mother
From the 1st to 5th they looked more White than the 8th generation.
Must keep in mind that we each have a mother and father and so one side is probably Caucasian for those who look more white.
Please help save America from Trump
nah
When Sally was in France, she could have stayed there as a free slave. She chose to move back to America so maybe she did have true feelings for Jefferson. He was famous and an interesting man. Also, maybe he thought of her as a girlfriend/wife as well. There is no proof that he had any other affairs and she looked White. Jefferson guarded his privacy more than most and Sally was probably the reason.
She was legally considered black at the time, which at the time, also kind of meant you were sub-human. He also didn't raise any of Sally Hemings children
She was pregnant and 15 in a foreign country--not much of a choice
@@micah4242 I agree but wonder if there were real feelings involved between the two of them. Do we know for a fact she was pregnant when she returned to the US? Sally Hemming's story is intriguing. I wish there were photos of her.
@@workingman-xl6xh The pregnancy was written about in Sally's son's memoir. She was 14. He was 45 and owned her. Not really a recipe for romance. Until he freed them as agreed, Jefferson teated their children like any other slaves, while he was very affectionate toward his white children and grandchildren.
@@workingman-xl6xhthat’s such a weird thought. Slavery and extreme racism aside. If you saw a 15 year old girl with a 40 year old man nowadays would you ask if it was true love??
Multi cultural
He might have been a slave owner. But he was NOT a racist man. He loved that black kitty LOL
Multicultural preferences Mr Jefferson 😂
Wtf 🤮
Who cares
Ok but Thomas Jefferson wrote the constitution the single greatest legal document in human history. So as a man by todays standards(and honestly even back then) we would condemn him but the good certainly outweigh the bad. Shades of gray people.
Diversity
He was smart he picked the light skinned pretty one and not one of the other ones lol