Bibliograph

My Name Is James Madison Hemings, Jonah Winter and Terry Widener

Type

Label

My Name Is James Madison Hemings, Jonah Winter and Terry Widener

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My Name Is James Madison Hemings

Oclc number

936532316

Responsibility statement

Jonah Winter and Terry Widener

Summary

Winter and Widener tell the story of James Madison Hemings's childhood at Monticello, and, in doing so, illuminate the many contradictions in Jefferson's life and legacy. Though Jefferson lived in a mansion, Hemings and his siblings lived in a single room. While Jefferson doted on his white grandchildren, he never showed affection to his enslaved children. Though he kept the Hemings boys from hard field labor instead sending them to work in the carpentry shop Jefferson nevertheless listed the children in his Farm Book along with the sheep, hogs, and other property. Here is a profound and moving account of one family's history, which is also America's history

Target audience

juvenile

Classification