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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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Bibliographic Details
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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Table of Contents:
  • 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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