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Reclamation : Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a descendant's search for her family's lasting legacy / Gayle Jessup White.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- White, Gayle Jessup, 1957- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- White, Gayle Jessup, 1957---Family.
- White, Gayle Jessup.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Family.
- Jefferson, Thomas.
- Hemings, Sally--Family.
- Hemings, Sally.
- Jefferson family.
- Hemings family.
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
- African American families--Genealogy.
- African American families.
- Multiracial people--United States--Biography.
- Multiracial people.
- Genealogy.
- Families.
- United States.
- African Americans--Biography.
- African Americans.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Genealogy.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 266 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
- Summary:
- Chronicling her remarkable journey to definitively understand her heritage and reclaim it, a black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings' family offers a compelling portrait to ensure the nation lives up to the ideals advocated by her legendary ancestor.
- Contents:
- Eastland Gardens
- Deanwood
- Las Vegas: a turning point
- Washington, DC: the Jefferson question
- Howard University
- Roots
- Chicago
- Georgia
- Wedding of the year
- A prayer and a poem
- An ode to the Jessups
- Marriage
- Death always comes in threes
- Richmond
- The dome room
- Eva Taylor
- mysterious as ever
- Paternity test
- RIP, Chocolate City
- "A slave girl named Sally"
- The plot thickens
- The Randolphs
- Cousins
- DNA does not lie
- What's in a name?
- The Robinsons
- Whitewashing history
- A coffee shop chat
- My ancestors' footsteps
- Velma & Ruth
- Charlottesville
- Sally Hemings Robinson
- Homecoming.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780063028654
- 0063028654
- OCLC:
- 1284922581
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