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Named Person: | Sally Hemings; Thomas Jefferson |
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Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Clarence Eugene Walker |
ISBN: | 9780813927770 0813927773 |
OCLC Number: | 494434449 |
Description: | 1 vol. (XII-128 p.) ; 22 cm. |
Series Title: | Jeffersonian America. |
Responsibility: | Clarence E. Walker. |
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America has indeed been a mongrel nation, not just in terms of blood, but in terms of culture and politics, from the very beginning. Walker very rightly challenges the assumption that the Jefferson-Hemings liaison was either unusual or exceptional. He provides critical insight that not only will enlighten general readers but will spur other scholars to explore the range of sources and material they consider when writing about Jefferson and Hemings, as well as other mixed families in slavery. The importance of this cannot be overstated. - Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School, author of The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family Read more...

