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The Resource Jefferson's daughters : three sisters, white and black, in a young America, Catherine Kerrison

Jefferson's daughters : three sisters, white and black, in a young America, Catherine Kerrison

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"Thomas Jefferson had three daughters: Martha and Maria by his wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson, and Harriet by his slave Sally Hemings. In Jefferson's Daughters, Catherine Kerrison, a scholar of early American and women's history, recounts the remarkable journey of these three women--and how their struggle to define themselves reflects both the possibilities and the limitations that resulted from the American Revolution. Although the three women shared a father, the similarities end there. Martha and Maria received a fine convent school education while they lived with their father during his diplomatic posting in Paris--a hothouse of intellectual ferment whose celebrated salonnières are vividly brought to life in Kerrison's narrative. Once they returned home, however, the sisters found their options limited by the laws and customs of early America. Harriet Hemings followed a different path. She escaped slavery--apparently with the assistance of Jefferson himself. Leaving Monticello behind, she boarded a coach and set off for a decidedly uncertain future. For this groundbreaking triple biography, Kerrison has uncovered never-before-published documents written by the Jefferson sisters when they were in their teens, as well as letters written by members of the Jefferson and Hemings families. She has interviewed Hemings family descendants (and, with their cooperation, initiated DNA testing) and searched for descendants of Harriet Hemings. The eventful lives of Thomas Jefferson's daughters provide a unique vantage point from which to examine the complicated patrimony of the American Revolution itself. The richly interwoven story of these three strong women and their fight to shape their own destinies sheds new light on the ongoing movement toward human rights in America--and on the personal and political legacy of one of our most controversial Founding Fathers."--Publisher's description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 425 pages)
Contents
  • An enlightened household
  • Departure
  • Passing
  • Legacies
  • First Monticello
  • To Paris
  • School life
  • Families reunited
  • Transitions
  • Becoming American again
  • A Virginia wife
  • Harriet's Monticello
Isbn
9781101886250
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Jefferson's daughters : three sisters, white and black, in a young America
Title
Jefferson's daughters
Title remainder
three sisters, white and black, in a young America
Statement of responsibility
Catherine Kerrison
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"Thomas Jefferson had three daughters: Martha and Maria by his wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson, and Harriet by his slave Sally Hemings. In Jefferson's Daughters, Catherine Kerrison, a scholar of early American and women's history, recounts the remarkable journey of these three women--and how their struggle to define themselves reflects both the possibilities and the limitations that resulted from the American Revolution. Although the three women shared a father, the similarities end there. Martha and Maria received a fine convent school education while they lived with their father during his diplomatic posting in Paris--a hothouse of intellectual ferment whose celebrated salonnières are vividly brought to life in Kerrison's narrative. Once they returned home, however, the sisters found their options limited by the laws and customs of early America. Harriet Hemings followed a different path. She escaped slavery--apparently with the assistance of Jefferson himself. Leaving Monticello behind, she boarded a coach and set off for a decidedly uncertain future. For this groundbreaking triple biography, Kerrison has uncovered never-before-published documents written by the Jefferson sisters when they were in their teens, as well as letters written by members of the Jefferson and Hemings families. She has interviewed Hemings family descendants (and, with their cooperation, initiated DNA testing) and searched for descendants of Harriet Hemings. The eventful lives of Thomas Jefferson's daughters provide a unique vantage point from which to examine the complicated patrimony of the American Revolution itself. The richly interwoven story of these three strong women and their fight to shape their own destinies sheds new light on the ongoing movement toward human rights in America--and on the personal and political legacy of one of our most controversial Founding Fathers."--Publisher's description
Biography type
collective biography
Cataloging source
TEFOD
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1953-
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Kerrison, Catherine
Dewey number
973.4/60922
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • portraits
  • genealogical tables
Index
index present
LC call number
E332.25
LC item number
.K47 2018eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Randolph, Martha Jefferson
  • Eppes, Maria
  • Hemings, Harriet
  • Jefferson, Thomas
  • Eppes, Maria
  • Jefferson, Thomas
  • Randolph, Martha Jefferson
  • Women
  • Women
  • Presidents
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
  • Women
  • Women
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
  • HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
  • Families
  • Presidents
  • Women
  • United States
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Jefferson's daughters : three sisters, white and black, in a young America, Catherine Kerrison
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Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-402) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • An enlightened household
  • Departure
  • Passing
  • Legacies
  • First Monticello
  • To Paris
  • School life
  • Families reunited
  • Transitions
  • Becoming American again
  • A Virginia wife
  • Harriet's Monticello
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 425 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781101886250
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
13968557
Other physical details
illustrations, map, portraits, genealogical table
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
c29dc6f0-b013-4c37-a1c1-178fad642e4d
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1021178078
  • on1021178078
  • 3038759
Label
Jefferson's daughters : three sisters, white and black, in a young America, Catherine Kerrison
Link
Publication
Copyright
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-402) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • An enlightened household
  • Departure
  • Passing
  • Legacies
  • First Monticello
  • To Paris
  • School life
  • Families reunited
  • Transitions
  • Becoming American again
  • A Virginia wife
  • Harriet's Monticello
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource (xi, 425 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9781101886250
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other control number
13968557
Other physical details
illustrations, map, portraits, genealogical table
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
c29dc6f0-b013-4c37-a1c1-178fad642e4d
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • (OCoLC)1021178078
  • on1021178078
  • 3038759

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