Hemings and Jefferson 'Sealed' by LDS Church?
Sally Hemings was Thomas Jefferson's most famous slave, and the mother of several of the third American president's children. In a piece for Slate, Max Perry Mueller reports that she was also posthumously baptized by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and may be "sealed" in an eternal marriage bond with Jefferson, in the church's view:
From Slate:
On April 21, 1991, two members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints entered a baptismal font. One laid hands upon another and proclaimed, “having authority given me of Jesus Christ, I baptize you for and in behalf of Sally Hemings, who is dead.”
Hemings and Jefferson 'Sealed' by LDS Church?
Jenée Desmond-Harris
Fri, 30 Mar 2012 18:16:43 GMT
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