Cover of The Hemingses of Monticello

Book 2008

The Hemingses of Monticello

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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Co.
Language
English
Published
2008
  • Hemings family
  • Hemings, Sally -- Family
  • African American families
  • African Americans -- Biography
  • Monticello (Va.) -- Biography

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.