High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Madison Hemings, born James Madison Hemings (18 January 1805 – 28 November 1877), was the son of the mixed-race slave Sally Hemings; he was the third of four children to survive to adulthood. Born into slavery by his mother's status, he was freed by the will of his master Thomas Jefferson in 1826. Based on historical and DNA evidence, historians widely agree that Jefferson was likely the father of all Hemings' children. At the age of 68, Madison Hemings claimed the connection in his memoir published in 1873, which attracted national and international attention. 1998 DNA tests demonstrate a match between the Y-chromosome of his brother Eston Hemings and that of the male Jefferson line. Madison's sons did not have male-line descendants, so his line was not tested. Historians continue to debate the issue. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом, и в информационном сетевом...

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