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The Hemingses of Monticello

by Annette Gordon-Reed

BiographyFamilyAfrican American familiesSlavesRacially mixed peopleAfrican AmericansNational Book Award Winneraward:national_book_award=2008

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.

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Book data: Open Library