Was Thomas Jefferson Really A Mistress?

The term mistress is used when long-term female lover and companion who is not married to her partner, and the partner is married to someone else.However, I was surprised to learn that Thomas Jefferson had a personal slave for his pleasure. according many historians his wife had passed away when he made Sally Hemings his “mistress”. The term mistress does not apply in this case because she was not in love with her owner and this was not an affair, she was just raped whenever. However, in the past she would have been considered a mistress, because she was not married to Thomas Jefferson and their “romance” was a secret to the public. And whenever someone has a mistress one keeps the relationship a secret, because it was prohibited to have a relationship with a slave. She would still be a mistress because she had a long term relationship with him and had four kids.
The fact is no one knew if Thomas Jefferson had forced her to be his lover. Who know maybe Sally Hemings became his lover to have a better life for her and her kids. Unless, Thomas Jefferson used her as a sex slave and raped her whenever, then she shouldn’t be called a mistress. I believe that since she was freed and her kids went on to have a free life, she was the mistress of Thomas Jefferson. If there was no romance then she would of been a slave for rest of her life even after Jefferson’s death. Since, there is no clear evidence that states she was forced then it would be proper to use the word