Jefferson's Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America (Random House Large Print)

Author: Kerrison, CatherineBrand: Random House Large PrintColor: MulticolorEdition: Large type / Large printBinding: PaperbackFormat: Large PrintNumber Of Pages: 784Release Date: 30-01-2018Details: The remarkable untold story of Thomas Jefferson’s three daughters—two white and free, one black and enslaved—and the divergent paths they forged in a newly independent America FINALIST FOR THE GEORGE WASHINGTON PRIZE • “Beautifully written . . . To a nuanced study of Jefferson’s two white daughters, Martha and Maria, [Kerrison] innovatively adds a discussion of his only enslaved daughter, Harriet Hemings.”—The New York Times Book Review Thomas Jefferson had three daughters: Martha and Maria by his wife, Martha Wayles Jefferson, and Harriet by his slave Sally Hemings. 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. Once they returned home