A. Survey Plan (133) Slave marriages between other slaves and slave owners have always placed a social burden on plantations and the United States government. What were the social problems that occurred when slaves had relationships with other slaves or with their masters? Government scandals, black salve owners, and legislative changes all occurred as part of the social discrepancies resulting from slave relationships. The biographies of William Ellison, the first African American slave owner, will be carefully examined to see the social implications of a slave master owning slaves of the same ethnicity. The personal journals written about the case by Thomas Jefferson and Sally Heming will be analyzed to see the scandal the government placed on Jefferson's slave relationships. These social issues helped determine the course of slavery in the United States of America.B. Summary of Evidence (530) The eastern United States contained the highest percentage of slaves in the country. It was 1802 when Thomas Jefferson brought all his slaves to his new home in Monticello. After his wife's death, it is alleged that he had an affair with Sally Hemings, a slave. Sally Hemings had at least six children, and Thomas Jefferson is believed to be the father of these children. The social complications were immense after this scandal was brought forward by the media. This situation set the stage for master-slave relations in the United States. In 1860, William Ellison, a freed slave, was South Carolina's first black slave owner. Freed as a young man, Ellison was a strong supporter of slavery and owned more than sixty slaves. The reason for this was that owning slaves gave a great economic opportunity... in the center of the card... healing the scars of this war. Works Cited Brown, Kimberly Juanita. “Black Ecstasy: Sally Hemings, Chica Da Silva, and the Slave Body of Sexual Supremacy.” Women's Studies Quarterly 35 .1/2 (2007): 45-66. Print.Graham, Pearl. "Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings." Journal of Negro History 46.2 (1941): 89-103. Print.Hussen, Aida. "" Manumission and marriage? ": Freedom, Family, and Identity in Charles Johnson's "Oxherding Tale." African American Review 42.2 (2008): 243. Print.Johnson, Michael P., and James L. Roark. Black Masters: A Free Colored Family in the Old South. 1st ed. New York ua: Norton, 1984. Print.Johnson, Michael P. and James L. Roark. "4." No wagon disappointed. 1st ed. North Carolina: University of North Carolina, 1984. 53. Print.Wood, Sarah. “Exorcising the Past: The Slave Narrative as Historical Fantasy.” Feminist Review 7.3 (2007): 92. Print.