![]() ![]() ![]() The Hemingses of Monticello makes a powerful argument for the historical significance of the Hemings family not only for its engagement with a principal architect of the early Republic, but also for the ways the family embodies the complexities and contradictions of slavery in the United States. This comprehensive biography of Hemings’s family before, during, and after their lives at Monticello belongs on the biography genre’s Mount Rushmore thanks to Gordon-Reed’s revelatory investigation and her stellar narration of history from a previously hidden perspective.Ī riveting and compassionate family portrait that deserves to endure as a model of historical inquiry…stands dramatically apart for its searching intelligence and breadth of humane vision…We owe Annette Gordon-Reed tremendous thanks. very important and powerfully argued history of the Hemings family… has the imagination and talent of an expert historian. Morgan and Marie Morgan - New York Review of Books A sweeping, prodigiously researched biography.Ī brilliant book…It marks the author as one of the most astute, insightful, and forthright historians of this generation. ![]()
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