The Hemingses of Monticello
An American Family
by Annette Gordon-Reed
- Publication
- First published 2008
- ISBN
- 9780393337761
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Discusses the story of the Hemingses, an American slave family that had blood ties to Thomas Jefferson, who had an intimate relationship with Sally Hemings, his slave, and covers how the family of Elizabeth Hemings and John Wayles came under ownership to Jefferson through his marriage to Martha Wayles.
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