James Hemings
American chef and enslaved person
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- Chefs rank#101
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- Fame49.6
- Momentum20.0
- Chefs rank#101
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Lived 1765–1801, aged 36United States
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James Hemings was the first American to train as a chef in France. Three-quarters white in ancestry, he was born into slavery in Virginia in 1765. At eight years old, he was purchased by Thomas Jefferson at his residence of Monticello.
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