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The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Annette Gordon-Reed
2 reviews
mscalls's review
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Child death, Rape, Sexual violence, Trafficking, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Death, Racial slurs, Racism, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Slavery, Classism, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
readiac1999's review
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.5
Read for a graduate school class. Gordon-Reed includes an incredible amount of detail but, for me, the second half of the book leaned too far in to interpreting the Hemingses and Jefferson's as emotionally linked rather than linked by slavery
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism, Slavery, and Trafficking
Moderate: Suicide
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