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| Author | Annette Gordon-Reed |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | History, biography |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton |
Publication date | 2008 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 800 |
| ISBN | 0-393-06477-8 |
| OCLC | 225087744 |
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family is a 2008 book by American historian Annette Gordon-Reed. It recounts the history of four generations of the African-American Hemings family, from their African and Virginia origins until the 1826 death of Thomas Jefferson, their master and the father of Sally Hemings' children.[1]
- ^ Cohen, Patricia. "Seeing past the slave to study the person", The New York Times (September 19, 2008).