The Hemingses of Monticello
Subtitle: an American family
By: Annette Gordon-Reed.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 798
ISBN-13: 9780393064773
Subjects: Hemings family; Hemings, Sally -- Family; Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Family; 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
Genres: Biography.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.