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The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family
Contributor(s): Gordon-Reed, Annette (Author)

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 ISBN: 0393337766     ISBN-13: 9780393337761
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2009
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Annotation: 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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BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- Social Science | Slavery
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 1.43" H x 6.16" W x 9.18" L (2.32 lbs) 816 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Chronological Period - 1800-1850
- Cultural Region - South
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
- Geographic Orientation - Virginia
- Topical - Black History
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
- Cultural Region - South Atlantic
- Cultural Region - Southeast U.S.
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
 
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This epic work--named a best book of the year by the Washington Post, Time, the Los Angeles Times, Amazon, the San Francisco Chronicle, and a notable book by the New York Times--tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American history until very recently. Now, historian and legal scholar Annette Gordon-Reed traces the Hemings family from its origins in Virginia in the 1700s to the family's dispersal after Jefferson's death in 1826.

Contributor Bio(s): Gordon-Reed, Annette: - Annette Gordon-Reed is the Charles Warren Professor of American Legal History at Harvard Law School. She lives in New York City and Cambridge, Massachusetts.
 
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