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Peter Fossett, the son of Joseph Fossett and Edith Hern Fossett was sold, along with his mother and siblings, at the 1827 dispersal sale following Jefferson’s death. When his father, who had been freed in Jefferson’s will, earned enough money to purchase him, Peter’s new owner refused to sell him.
Monticello blacksmith Joseph Fossett, freed by Jefferson in his will, had to struggle to reunite his family after they were sold at the dispersal sale in 1827. With the support of his free relatives, including his mother, Mary Hemings Bell, he had achieved the freedom of his wife, Edith Hern Fossett, and five of their ten children by 1837.
Enslaved chefs Edith Fossett and Francis Hern first trained with French chefs Étienne Lemaire and Honoré Julien at the White House, learning the style and cuisine of Paris. Upon Jefferson's retirement, Fossett and Hern cooked in the newly-built 1809 Kitchen and prepared iconic meals that one visitor remarked where in a "half French, half Virginian" style.
Edith Hern Fossett (1787–1854) comenzó su vida como esclava estadounidense. Tres generaciones de su familia, los Hern, trabajaron en los campos de Thomas Jefferson, realizaron tareas domésticas, de liderazgo y fabricaron herramientas. Al igual que Edith, también se ocuparon de los niños.
Edith Hern was born in 1787. Her father was David Hern, a carpenter. Her mother was Isabel, a housemaid and farm worker. Both were slaves. Edith married Joseph Fossett, and they had ten children. When Thomas Jefferson was president, he picked Edith to train to be a cook in the White House. For almost seven years, Edith worked in the White House ...
22 de dez. de 2021 · Joseph Fossett married Edith Hern, the daughter of David and Isabel Hern and a house servant chosen by Jefferson for the important assignment of mastering the art of French cookery. In the autumn of 1802, fifteen-year-old Edith traveled to the nation’s capital and began to cook under the instruction of two Frenchmen in the President’s House.
7 de ago. de 2017 · Meanwhile, at Monticello he constructed and equipped one of the most modern kitchens in the country. For 17 years after Jefferson’s retirement from the presidency in 1809, the Monticello kitchen was run by two sisters-in-law, Edith Hern Fossett and her second in command, Frances “Fanny” Hern.
