When Jefferson traveled to Paris (before he became president), he took Sally Hemings and other slaves with him. While Hemings could have conceivably stayed in France as a free woman, she chose to return to Monticello with Jefferson and remain a slave.
These events were fictionalized and turned into a film called "Jefferson in Paris," made in 1995. (Pictured are Nick Nolte as Jefferson and Thandie Newton as Sally Hemings.)
Read more about the film here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113463/
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