Jefferson’s Daughters: Three Sisters, White and Black, in a Young America
submitted by Marvin's Underground Evening Lectures
on 10/11/18
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Thomas Jefferson fathered three daughters, two white and one black. In her book Jefferson’s Daughters, history professor Catherine Kerrison discusses the fascinating lives of these three very different women—Martha and Maria Jefferson and Harriet Hemings—while depicting the life of Thomas Jefferson through their eyes. A book signing follows the program.
