Mongrel nation
Subtitle: the America begotten by Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
By: Clarence E. Walker.
Series: Jeffersonian America
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780813927770
Subjects: Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Relations with women; Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Relations with slaves; Hemings, Sally; Miscegenation -- United States -- History; Whites -- Race identity -- United States; African Americans -- Race identity; Racially mixed people -- United States; United States -- Race relations
Description: Lost in the argument over the existence of a sexual relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings are equally urgent questions about a history that is more complex, both sexually and socially, than most of us realise. The author seeks to uncover this complexity, as well as the reasons it is so often obscured.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.