The Hemingses of Monticello

Annette Gordon-Reed First published 2008

About this book

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.

Subjects

african american families
african americans
african americans, biography
award:national_book_award=2008
award:national_book_award=nonfiction
biography
family
hemings, sally
jefferson, thomas, 1743-1826
monticello (va.)
national book award winner
presidents, united states, family
racially mixed people
slaves
slaves, united states
social problems
virginia, biography