The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

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The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family

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Oct 1, 2008

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A historian and legal scholar tells the compelling saga of the Hemings family, whose close blood ties to our third president have been systemically expunged from American history until very recently.

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Oct 1, 2008

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