James Hemings
American chef and enslaved person · United States · Chefs · Lived 1765 to 1801 · aged 36
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Something wrong?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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Chef
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Lived 1765 to 1801 · aged 36
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