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Sally Hemings: Given Her Time is an exciting, concise biography which tells the extraordinary tale of Sally Hemings, mother of Thomas Jefferson's enslaved children. It is an accessible and lively read for students in Women and Gender Studies, Women's History and African American Studies.
Table des matières
Introduction Chapter 1: Mothers Chapter 2: Revolution Chapter 3: Paris Chapter 4: Treaty Chapter 5: Implicit Chapter 6: Mother Appendix A: Family Connections Appendix B: Madison Hemings’s Memoir Appendix C: Excerpt from Gray Letter Study Questions Bibliographic Essay
A propos de l'auteur
Leigh Fought is Associate Professor of History at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, and is the author of the award-winning Women in the World of Frederick Douglass as well as Southern Womanhood and Slavery: A Biography of Louisa S. McCord.
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Sally Hemings: Given Her Time is an exciting, concise biography which tells the extraordinary tale of Sally Hemings, mother of Thomas Jefferson’s enslaved children. It is an accessible and lively read for students in Women and Gender Studies, Women’s History and African American Studies.