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Jefferson's daughters : three sisters, white and black, in a young America / Catherine Kerrison.

Summary:

A portrait of the divergent lives of Thomas Jefferson's three daughters reveals how his white daughters struggled with the realities of lives they were ill-prepared to manage, while the daughter he fathered with a slave did not achieve freedom until adulthood.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781101886243
  • ISBN: 1101886242
  • ISBN: 9781101886267
  • ISBN: 1101886269
  • Physical Description: xi, 425 pages : illustrations, map, portraits, genealogical table ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Ballantine Books, [2018]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-402) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
First Monticello -- To Paris -- School life -- Families reunited -- Transitions -- Becoming American again -- A Virginia wife -- Harriet's Monticello -- An enlightened household -- Departure -- Passing -- Legacies.
Subject:
Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836.
Eppes, Maria, 1778-1804.
Hemings, Harriet, 1801-
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Family.
Women > United States > History > 18th century.
Women > United States > History > 19th century.
Presidents > United States > Family > Biography.
Women.
Womyn.
Genre:
Biographies.

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  • 46 of 52 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 2 copies available at Onslow County Public Library.

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Jacksonville Main Library 973.46092 KER (Text) 36015000835260 Adult Nonfiction Checked out 08/08/2026
Sneads Ferry Branch Library 973.46092 KER (Text) 36015000845368 Adult Nonfiction Available -

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