The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

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Traces the history of the Hemings family from early eighteenth-century Virginia to their dispersal after Thomas Jefferson's death in 1826, and describes their family ties to the third president against a backdrop of Revolutionary America and the French Revolution.

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  The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

  • 2009-09-08
  • 816 pages
  • Ebook
  • W. W. Norton & Company
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  • 2009-09-08
  • 802 pages
  • Paperback
  • W. W. Norton & Company

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