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The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family

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.

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Main Author: Gordon-Reed, Annette.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects and Genres:
Hemings 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.
Racially mixed people > United States > Biography.
Monticello (Va.) > Biography.
Albemarle County (Va.) > Biography.
Online Access:Table of contents
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 737-753) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
520 |a 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. 
586 |a National Book Award, Nonfiction, 2008 
586 |a Pulitzer prize, History, 2009 
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