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Author Gordon-Reed, Annette.

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

Publication Info. New York : Norton & Co., 2008.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.46 GORDON-REED    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY HEMINGS    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  973.4 GOR    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  973.4 GOR    Storage
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B HEMINGS    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  920 GORDON-REED    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  920 HEMINGS    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  920 GOR    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  B HEMINGS FAMILY    DUE 05-06-24
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO HEMINGS c.2  Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description 798 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 737-753) and index.
Contents I: 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 -- II: 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 -- III: 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.
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 Hemings family.
Albemarle County (Va.) -- Biography.
African American families.
Hemings, Sally -- Family.
African American families -- Virginia -- Albemarle County.
Enslaved persons -- Virginia -- Albemarle County -- Biography.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Family.
African Americans -- Biography.
Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography.
Monticello (Va.) -- Biography.
ISBN 9780393064773 hardcover
0393064778 hardcover
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