Research Catalog

Title

Free some day : the African-American families of Monticello / Lucia Stanton ; preface by David Brion Davis.

Author

Stanton, Lucia C.

Publication

[Charlottesville, Va.] : Thomas Jefferson Foundation, 2000.

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Details

Additional Authors

Thomas Jefferson Foundation

Description

192 p. : ill.; 26 cm.

Summary

This book has pieced together surviving and fascinating evidence regarding Jefferson's relations with Monticello's slaves.

Series Statement

Monticello monograph series

Uniform Title

Monticello monograph series

Alternative Title

African-American families of Monticello

Subject

• Hearn family
• Gillette family
• Hemings family
• Hubbard family
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Homes and haunts > Virginia > Albemarle County
• Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Relations with slaves
• Monticello (Va.) > History
• Geschichte 1774-1867
• Enslaved persons > Virginia > Albemarle County > Biography
• African American families > Virginia > Albemarle County > Biography
• Albemarle County (Va.) > Biography

Genre/Form

• Biographies
• History

Note

• "This book was made possible by support from the Martin S. and Louella Davis Publications Endowment"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1774 : People and property -- Jupiter and Suck -- 1775 : In their own time -- George and Ursula -- 1781 : Their world turned upside down -- The Hern family -- 1796 : The gathering -- The Hubbard brothers -- 1807 : Force and resistance -- The Gillette family -- 1824 : Connecting worlds -- The Hemings family : House ; Dining Room ; Kitchen ; Shops -- 1827 : Dispersal -- Leaving the mountain : 1831 ; 1837 ; 1850 ; 1867.

ISBN

1882886143

LCCN

^^2001270473

OCLC

• 46516765
• SCSB-10773254

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library