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

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780393064773
  • Physical Description: 798 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., 2008.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject: Hemings family.
Hemings, Sally > Family.
Jefferson, Thomas > 1743-1826 > Family.
Enslaved persons.
Slaves > 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.

Available copies

  • 3 of 3 copies available at Bibliomation.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at Rockville Public Library.

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Hagaman Memorial Library - East Haven 973.46 GOR (Text) 31953001764953 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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The Hemingses of Monticello : An American Family
The Hemingses of Monticello : An American Family
by Gordon-Reed, Annette
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Author Notes

The Hemingses of Monticello : An American Family

Annette Gordon-Reed grew up in east Texas. She majored in History at Dartmouth College, graduating in 1981, and then attended Harvard Law School. Gordon-Reed worked as an associate at Cahill Gordon & Reindel and was Counsel to the New York City Board of Corrections before becoming a professor of law at New York Law School in 1992. Gordon-Reed wrote the book Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy after first becoming interested in the president as a child. She co-authored Vernon Can Read!: A Memoir and wrote Race on Trial: Law and Justice in American History. Gordon-Reed is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Hemingses of Monticello. (Bowker Author Biography)


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