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Annette Gordon-Reed on the Hemings FamilyAnnette Gordon-Reed answers questions from Monticello staff about her book, The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family, which won a 2008 National Book Award and a 2009 Pulitzer Prize. |
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| Who were the Hemingses?
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Why is the story of the Hemings family important? | Who was James Hemings? | Why did some of Sally Hemings's children identify themselves as white and others as black? |
| Why a write a book about the Hemings family? |
How do you respond to people who do not believe Jefferson fathered children with Sally Hemings? | What's it like to visit Monticello knowing all you do about the people who lived there? | |
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