Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy by Gayle Jessup White

Reclamation: Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy

Gayle Jessup White

304 pages • first pub 2021 (view editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Powered by AI (Beta)
Loading...

Description

After she was named a Jefferson Studies Fellow, Jessup White discovered her family lore was correct. Poring through photos and documents and pursuing DNA evidence, she learned that not only was she a descendant of Jefferson on his father’s side; s...

Read more

Community Reviews

Loading...

Content Warnings

Loading...