| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xix, 292 pages : portrait ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-278) and index. |
| Contents |
James Callender : "human nature in a hideous form" -- Misleading DNA -- Sally Hemings and Randolph Jefferson : "the unknown brother" -- "An American in Paris" -- Timing and conception -- Carr brothers and other male Jeffersons -- Jefferson's declining health -- The scholars commission and the character issue -- Madison Hemings : gossip and hearsay -- Jefferson on trial -- Secret rooms and other Hollywood fantasies -- The Monticello report : a "rush to judgment" -- The Charlottesville connection : true believers -- The "Sally" books -- Jefferson under siege : "presentism" -- Final argument : an innocent man. |
| Subject |
Hemings, Sally.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Relations with women.
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Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Relations with slaves.
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Hemings family.
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Jefferson family.
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| ISBN |
9780312561000 alkaline paper |
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0312561008 alkaline paper |
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