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Mongrel nation : the America begotten by Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings Clarence E. Walker

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks E 185.62 .W35 2009
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Walker, Clarence E. (Clarence Earl)
Series:
Jeffersonian America
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Miscegenation (Racist theory)--United States--History.
Miscegenation (Racist theory).
United States--Race relations.
United States.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Relations with women.
Jefferson, Thomas.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Relations with slaves.
Hemings, Sally.
White people--Race identity--United States.
White people.
African Americans--Race identity.
African Americans.
Multiracial people--United States.
Multiracial people.
Physical Description:
xii, 128 p. ; 22 cm.
Place of Publication:
Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2009.
Summary:
Lost in the argument over the existence of a sexual relationship between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings are equally urgent quesitons about a history that is more complex, both sexually and socially, than most of us realise. The author seeks to uncover this complexity, as well as the reasons it is so often obscured.
Contents:
Sexuality
Character and history, or "Chloroform in Print."
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [101]-122) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Walker, Clarence Earl. Mongrel nation.
ISBN:
9780813927770 (cloth : alk. paper)
0813927773 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
231745527

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