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| Genre/Form: | Audiobooks Biography |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Hemings family.; Sally Hemings; Thomas Jefferson |
| Material Type: | Biography, Audio book, etc. |
| Document Type: | Sound Recording |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Annette Gordon-Reed; Karen White |
| ISBN: | 9781400109753 1400109752 9781400139750 1400139759 |
| OCLC Number: | 263179973 |
| Notes: | Title from publisher's web page. Unabridged. Compact discs. Duration: 31:30:00. |
| Performer(s): | Read by Karen White. |
| Description: | 25 sound discs (31 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Contents: | 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 -- II: 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 -- III: 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. |
| Responsibility: | Annette Gordon-Reed. |
Abstract:
Annette Gordon-Reed tells the legendary story of the Hemingses of Monticello, an American slave family with direct blood ties to the American President Thomas Jefferson. Gordon-Reed vividly describes the relationships between Jefferson, his mistress, slave Sally Hemings, and the rest of the Hemings family.
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- Hemings family.
- Hemings, Sally -- Family.
- Jefferson, Thomas, -- 1743-1826 -- Family.
- Monticello (Va.) -- Biography.
- Albemarle County (Va.) -- Biography.
- Slaves -- Virginia -- Albemarle County -- Biography.
- African American families -- Virginia -- Albemarle County.
- African American families.
- African Americans -- Biography.
- Racially mixed people -- United States -- Biography.
