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The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family Cover Image Book

The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family / Annette Gordon-Reed.

Gordon-Reed, Annette, (author.).

Summary:

Historian and legal scholar Gordon-Reed presents this epic work that tells the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family, and their close blood ties to Thomas Jefferson.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393064773
  • ISBN: 0393064778
  • ISBN: 9780393337761
  • ISBN: 0393337766
  • Physical Description: 798 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : W. W. Norton & Co., [2008]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Genealogical charts on lining papers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 737-753) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
pt. 1. Origins. -- Young Elizabeth's world -- John Wayles: the immigrant -- The children of no one -- Thomas Jefferson -- The first Monticello -- In the home of a revolutionary -- pt. 2. The vaunted scene of Europe. -- "A particular purpose" -- James Hemings: the provincial abroad -- "Isabel or Sally will come" -- Dr. Sutton -- The rhythms of the city -- The eve of revolution -- "During that time" -- Sarah Hemings: the fatherless girl in a patriarchal society -- The teenagers and the woman -- "His promises on which she implicitly relied" -- "The treaty" and "did they love each other?" -- The return -- pt. 3. On the mountain. -- Hello and goodbye -- Equilibrium -- The brothers -- Philadelphia -- Exodus -- The second Monticello -- Into the future, echoes from the past -- The ocean of life -- The public world and the private domain -- "Measurably happy": the children of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings -- Retirement for one, not for all -- Endings and beginnings.

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Subject:
Hemings family.
Jefferson family.
Hemings, Sally > Family.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Family.
Enslaved persons > Virginia > Albemarle County > Biography.
African American families > Virginia > Albemarle County.
African American families.
African Americans > Biography.
Multiracial people > United States > Biography
Monticello (Va.) > Biography.
Albemarle County (Va.) > Biography.
Genre:
Family histories.
Biographies.

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