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What is a child of Sarah "Sally" Hemings (Shadwell, Albemarle County, Virginia, circa 1773 – Charlottesville, Virginia, 1835), the mixed-race slave owned by the president Thomas Jefferson through inheritance from his wife?

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The current time is May 26th 2013, 08:19:29

I know from locally stored knowledge that:
Fact 1: Eston Hemings is a child of Sally Hemings ([fact: ["139843292@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Fact 1 is true for all time

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Fact 1 is true at May 26th 2013, 08:19:29

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Fact 2: Madison Hemings is a child of Sally Hemings ([fact: ["140913965@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Fact 2 is true for all time

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Fact 2 is true at May 26th 2013, 08:19:29

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Fact 3: Harriet Hemings is a child of Sally Hemings ([fact: ["909466942@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Fact 3 is true for all time

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Fact 3 is true at May 26th 2013, 08:19:29

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Sally Hemings is a parent of Eston Hemings ([fact: ["150641409@trueknowledge.com"]])

Martha Jefferson Randolph is a person ([fact: ["18751366@trueknowledge.com"]])

Thomas Jefferson is a parent of Martha Jefferson Randolph ([fact: ["147373925@trueknowledge.com"]])

Thomas Jefferson and slavery is a parent of Martha Jefferson Randolph ([fact: ["1481285326@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Thomas Jefferson is not strictly equal to Thomas Jefferson and slavery

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Thomas Jefferson is a parent of Eston Hemings ([fact: ["688029776@trueknowledge.com"]])

Thomas Jefferson and slavery is a parent of Eston Hemings ([fact: ["1643160466@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Martha Jefferson Randolph is not strictly equal to Eston Hemings

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Fact 4: Martha Jefferson Randolph is a full sibling of Eston Hemings

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Eston Hemings is a full sibling of Martha Jefferson Randolph

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Sally Hemings is a parent of Martha Jefferson Randolph

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Fact 5: Martha Jefferson Randolph is a child of Sally Hemings

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Fact 5 is true at May 26th 2013, 08:19:29

I know from locally stored knowledge that:
Mary Jefferson Eppes is a person ([fact: ["691537628@trueknowledge.com"]])

Thomas Jefferson is a parent of Mary Jefferson Eppes ([fact: ["700001404@trueknowledge.com"]])

Thomas Jefferson and slavery is a parent of Mary Jefferson Eppes ([fact: ["1481285330@trueknowledge.com"]])

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Mary Jefferson Eppes is not strictly equal to Eston Hemings

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Fact 4: Mary Jefferson Eppes is a full sibling of Eston Hemings

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Eston Hemings is a full sibling of Mary Jefferson Eppes

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Sally Hemings is a parent of Mary Jefferson Eppes

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Fact 5: Mary Jefferson Eppes is a child of Sally Hemings

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Fact 5 is true at May 26th 2013, 08:19:29

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Eston Hemings is a child of Sally Hemings

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Madison Hemings is a child of Sally Hemings

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Harriet Hemings is a child of Sally Hemings

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Sally Hemings is a parent of Eston Hemings

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Martha Jefferson Randolph is a person

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Thomas Jefferson is a parent of Martha Jefferson Randolph

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Thomas Jefferson and slavery is a parent of Martha Jefferson Randolph

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Thomas Jefferson is a parent of Eston Hemings

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Thomas Jefferson and slavery is a parent of Eston Hemings

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Mary Jefferson Eppes is a person

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Thomas Jefferson is a parent of Mary Jefferson Eppes

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Thomas Jefferson and slavery is a parent of Mary Jefferson Eppes

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