Jefferson's Daughters
Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America
New York : Ballantine Books, [2018]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xi, 425 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
A portrait of the divergent lives of Thomas Jefferson's three daughters reveals how his white daughters struggled with the realities of lives they were ill-prepared to manage, while the daughter he fathered with a slave did not achieve freedom until adulthood.
Contents:
First Monticello -- To Paris -- School life -- Families reunited -- Transitions -- Becoming American again -- A Virginia wife -- Harriet's Monticello -- An enlightened household -- Departure -- Passing -- Legacies.
Subjects:
Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836.
Eppes, Maria, 1778-1804.
Hemings, Harriet, 1801-
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Family.
Women -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Randolph, Martha Jefferson, 1772-1836.
Eppes, Maria, 1778-1804.
Hemings, Harriet, 1801-
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 -- Family.
Women -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Women -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9781101886243 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Jefferson Family | Ballentine Indoors | Biography | Out (Due: 5/14/2024) |
BIOGRAPHY Family | Sandhills Indoors | Biography | In |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-402) and index.