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All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Sep 20, 2008 annette gordonreed was one of those few. The hemingses of monticello by annette gordonreed, a historian and law professor, is a doorstop corrective to early american history, painting a composite portrait of a family that stood at the wellspring of the jefferson, slave sally hemings, their children and kin fascinate and surprise. An american family audiobook written by annette gordonreed. In the hemingses of monticello, a work based on prodigious. An american controversy university of virginia press, examined how historians throughout the. In the mid1700s the english captain of a trading ship that made runs between england and the virginia colony fathered a child by an enslaved woman living near williamsburg.
Annette gordonreed gives us a scholarly and extensive effort in her latest book, the hemings of monticello. An american family, which chronicles the lives of thomas. An american controversy university of virginia press, examined how historians. Now, author and historian annette gordonreed seeks to fill in these historical gaps in her new book, the hemingses of monticello. Gordon reed lawnew york law school, historyrutgers univ thomas jefferson and sally hemings, 1997, etc.
Annette gordonreed is a professor of law at new york law school and a professor of history at rutgers university. The hemingses of monticello by annette gordonreed the. Listen to the hemingses of monticello by annette gordonreed, karen white for free with a 30 day free trial. An american family by annette gordonreed available from rakuten kobo. She is the author of thomas jefferson and sally hemings. Although the book presents the most detailed and richly drawn portrait ever written of sarah hemings, better known by her nickname sally, who bore seven children by jefferson over the course of their thirtyeightyear liaison, the hemingses of monticello tells more than the story of her life with jefferson and their children. In the hemingses of monticello, a work based on prodigious research in the voluminous jefferson papers. An american controversy ebook written by annette gordonreed. So begins the hemingses of monticello, annette gordonreeds riveting history of the hemings family, whose story comes to vivid life in this brilliantly researched and deeply moving work. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Oct 05, 2008 gordonreed has now turned her attention to an even more ambitious project. The hemingses of monticello, annette gordonreed the hemings family as slaves are most famous for their connection with thomas jefferson, of course, because while he owned the family he.
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