Belle

The story of Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson's slave, holds the interest of many readers. Sally's grandmother was an enslaved black woman and her grandfather was an English sea captain. When his child (Sally's mother) was born, the captain tried to buy her and take her to England, but the owner refused to sell her. The handsome Hemings family, stuck in Virginia, served the Randolphs and Jeffersons as servants and lovers for three generations. 

BELLE, a current movie, is about a similar event. In rough outline, at least, the story is true, and in this case the captain did manage to buy his daughter and take her to his palatial family home in England. Slavery was still legal in England in those days, but Belle was raised to be an aristocrat. This led to conflict; hence, the film, which I totally enjoyed. (I have to admit it was sentimental and predictable.) 

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