In The Hemingses of Monticello, the Hemings family finally comes to light in all its complexity. Pulitzer Prize–winning author Annette Gordon-Reed, professor of law at New York Law School and professor of history at Rutgers University, delves more deeply into the historical record than has ever been done before, employing many unpublished primary sources and revealing connections not only within the Hemings family but also to the Jefferson family and many other enslaved and free people from Virginia to France. A book signing of The Hemingses of Monticello will follow the program.
The speaker was introduced by David S Ferriero, Archivist of the United States.
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