SALLY HEMINGS' BROTHER JAMES - JEFFERSON'S PERSONAL CHEF IN PARIS

For five years living with Jefferson in Paris he was considered free, and studied French cooking, yet he returned to America with Thomas Jefferson.  He witnessed the negotiation between his sister Sally and their Master. I can understand that; he wanted to remain with family rather than possibly never see them again, at least that's my opinion and he may have seen himself as a protector of his sister. In France he might have been employed as a cook or a servant, but the class system probably would have been difficult to negotiate if he wanted to marry.