The Hemingses of Monticello
by Annette Gordon-Reed · 2008
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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.
BiographyFamilyAfrican American familiesSlavesRacially mixed peopleAfrican AmericansNational Book Award Winneraward:national_book_award=2008award:national_book_award=nonfictionMonticello (Va.)Slaves, united statesAfrican americans, biography