The Hemingses of Monticello

By Annette Gordon-Reed

Subjects: Virginia, biography, Presidents, united states, family, Biography, Hemings, sally, African americans, biography, African Americans, award:national_book_award=2008, Monticello (Va.), Family, Jefferson, thomas, 1743-1826, African American families, award:national_book_award=nonfiction, Social Problems, African american families, Racially mixed people, National Book Award Winner, Slaves, united states, Slaves

Description: 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.