Sally Hemings - Given Her Time

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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Leigh Fought, Fought Leigh
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.07.2024
• EAN: 9780367436155
• ISBN: 978-0-367-43615-5
• Pagine: 168
• Serie: Lives of American Women
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Cultural Studies, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, military history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Women, Gender studies: women, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, Battles & campaigns, Gender studies: women and girls, Specific wars and campaigns, Black & Asian Studies, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), HISTORY / African American & Black, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, Relating to African American / Black American people, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, race;gender;slavery;American history;African American;Women