Author: Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Rating: 5/5 Stars
Reviewer: Helen
Summary: A look at the last 20 years of Jefferson’s life at Monticello told by his three sons and their mother, Sally Hemings, a slave on his plantation.
Review: This is a fictional account of Jefferson’s slave children and the last 20 years at Monticello. It is so well written and shows how complicated the situation was, but the author makes it simple to follow because the research is so meticulously detailed and fascinating. It is a heart-breaking, yet fascinating story, showing that no matter how kind the slave owner (parent) may be, his slave children will never be accepted as family. The writing is excellent and makes the listener seem that you were there and could feel injustice and pain of the offspring.
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