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The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family

Title: The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family / Annette Gordon-Reed.
Author: Gordon-Reed, Annette.
Publication: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.

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Description

798 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map; 24 cm.

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.

Subject

Note

Geneal. table on end papers

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 737-753) and index.

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.

Call Number

Sc E 09-36

ISBN

9780393064773
0393064778

LCCN

2008014642

OCLC

225087744

Author

Gordon-Reed, Annette.

Title

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

Imprint

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.

Edition

1st ed.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 737-753) and index.

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Table of contents only

Local Subject

Black author.

Research Call Number

Sc E 09-36

APV (Hemings) 09-7454

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