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Master of the mountain : Thomas Jefferson and his slaves / Henry Wiencek.

Wiencek, Henry. (Author).

Summary:

"Master of the Mountain," Henry Wiencek's eloquent, persuasive book--based on new information coming from archaeological work at Monticello and on hitherto overlooked or disregarded evidence in Jefferson's papers--opens up a huge, poorly understood dimension of Jefferson's world."-- Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780374299569
  • ISBN: 0374299560
  • ISBN: 9780374534028
  • Physical Description: 336 pages : illustrations maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-315)and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
"This steep, savage hill" -- "Let there be justice" -- Pursued by the black horse -- "We lived under a hidden law" -- "The hammer or the anvil" -- The Bancroft paradox -- "To have good and human heart" -- What the blacksmith saw -- What the colonel saw -- A mother's prayers -- "I will answer for your safety -- banish all fear" -- "To serve you faithful" -- The double aspect -- America's Cassandra -- The man in the iron mask -- "I only am escaped alone to tell thee" -- "The effect on them was electrical" -- "Utopia in full reality" -- Jefferson anew.
Target Audience Note:
1260L Lexile
Subject:
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 > Relations with slaves.
Enslaved persons > Virginia > Albemarle County > History.
Plantation life > Virginia > Albemarle County > History.
Monticello (Va.) > History.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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