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Reclamation

Name: Reclamation
Brand: Amistad
SKU: 9780063028661-HCUSDTR
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Sally Hemings, Thomas Jefferson, and a Descendant's Search for Her Family's Lasting Legacy

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Edition: US - Paperback / softback

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English

288 pages • 13.49 x 20.32 x 1.73 公分

Approx. weight: 0.01 kg

Publication date: 06 Dec,2022

Barcode/ ISBN: 9780063028661 • Amistad

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By: Gayle Jessup White

A Black descendant of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings’ family explores America’s racial reckoning through the prism of her ancestors—both the enslaver and the enslaved.

Gayle Jessup White had long heard the stories passed down from her father’s family, that they were direct descendants of Thomas Jefferson—lore she firmly believed, though others did not. For four decades the acclaimed journalist and genealogy enthusiast researched her connection to Thomas Jefferson, to confirm its truth once and for all.

After she was named a Jefferson Studies Fellow, Jessup White discovered her family lore was correct. Poring through photos and documents and pursuing DNA evidence, she learned that not only was she a descendant of Jefferson on his father’s side; she was also the great-great-great-granddaughter of Peter Hemings, Sally Hemings’s brother.

In Reclamation she chronicles her remarkable journey to definitively understand her heritage and reclaim it, and offers a compelling portrait of what it means to be a black woman in America, to pursue the American dream, to reconcile the legacy of racism, and to ensure the nation lives up to the ideals advocated by her legendary ancestor.