Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father's Secret Children by Kristin Levine

Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father's Secret Children

Kristin Levine
400 pages
Dial Books for Young Readers
Sep 2011
Kindle Edition
All Children WSBN
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This story of Thomas Jefferson's children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, tells a darker piece of America's history from an often unseen perspective-that of three of Jefferson's slaves-including two of his own children. As each child grows up and tells his story, the contradiction between slavery and freedom becomes starker, calliing into question the real meaning of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This poignant story sheds light on what life was like as one of Jefferson's invisible offspring.
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Pages 400
Publisher Dial Books for Young...
Published 2011
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