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Gordon-Reed, Annette.

The Hemingses of Monticello : an American family / Annette Gordon-Reed.

1st ed.

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., ©2008.

798 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm

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.

Hemings family.

Hemings, Sally -- Family.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Family.

Enslaved persons -- 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.

Biographies.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 737-753) and index.

National Book Award, Nonfiction, 2008

Frederick Douglass Book Prize, 2009

Pulitzer prize, History, 2009

George Washington Prize, 2009

Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, 2009 Nonfiction

Pulitzer Prize for History Winner, 2009

pt. 1. Origins. -- Young Elizabeth's world -- John Wayles: the immigrant -- The children of no one -- Thomas Jefferson -- The first Monticello -- In the home of a revolutionary -- pt. 2. The vaunted scene of Europe. -- "A particular purpose" -- James Hemings: the provincial abroad -- "Isabel or Sally will come" -- Dr. Sutton -- The rhythms of the city -- The eve of revolution -- "During that time" -- Sarah Hemings: the fatherless girl in a patriarchal society -- The teenagers and the woman -- "His promises on which she implicitly relied" -- "The treaty" and "did they love each other?" -- The return -- pt. 3. On the mountain. -- Hello and goodbye -- Equilibrium -- The brothers -- Philadelphia -- Exodus -- The second Monticello -- Into the future, echoes from the past -- The ocean of life -- The public world and the private domain -- "Measurably happy": the children of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings -- Retirement for one, not for all -- Endings and beginnings.

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