Slave

James Hemings

Portrait to Come (Hidden)
Slave of Thomas Jefferson; 1765—1801.

John Hemings

Portrait to Come (Hidden)
Slave of Thomas Jefferson; 1776—1830.

Sally Hemings

Portrait to Come (Hidden)
House slave of Thomas Jefferson; mother of at least six of his children; 1773—1836.

Ona Judge

Portrait to Come (Hidden)
Personal attendant to Martha Washington; c. 1773—1848.

Jupiter (Evans?)

Portrait to Come (Hidden)
Slave of Thomas Jefferson, they grew up together; 1743—1800.

William (“Billy”) Lee

George Washington, 1780
Slave-valet to George Washington; c. 1750—1828.

Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense (1775), urging the colonies to declare their independence, found 150,000 purchasers in a population of less than 3 million — the equivalent today of a sale of 14 million.

— Richard Brookhiser
Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution (2003)