One Drop of Me
The accidental drowning of her young son shattered Lisa Griffin's perfect life. She finds her own breath again as she writes the gripping narrative of slave
Sally Hemings' relationship with her white master and eventual president, Thomas Jefferson. As she gives Sally the voice she never had, Lisa finds her own way to freedom from an oppressive marriage to an older African American surgeon.
A contemporary rich, white doctor's wife.
A black colonial slave.
Separated by time, race, and money.
United by betrayal. Bonded by tragedy. One in their search for freedom.
This controversial novel dares to explore Jefferson's complex relationship with his slave, Sally Hemings. Although an advocate for abolition of slavery, he never freed his long-time lover (and mother of six of his children), Sally Hemings. One Drop of Me refers to the fact that it only took one drop of black blood to make a person a slave. Thomas Jefferson's children with Sally were 7/8th caucasian, yet were his property.
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Sally Hemings' relationship with her white master and eventual president, Thomas Jefferson. As she gives Sally the voice she never had, Lisa finds her own way to freedom from an oppressive marriage to an older African American surgeon.
A contemporary rich, white doctor's wife.
A black colonial slave.
Separated by time, race, and money.
United by betrayal. Bonded by tragedy. One in their search for freedom.
This controversial novel dares to explore Jefferson's complex relationship with his slave, Sally Hemings. Although an advocate for abolition of slavery, he never freed his long-time lover (and mother of six of his children), Sally Hemings. One Drop of Me refers to the fact that it only took one drop of black blood to make a person a slave. Thomas Jefferson's children with Sally were 7/8th caucasian, yet were his property.
One Drop of Me
The accidental drowning of her young son shattered Lisa Griffin's perfect life. She finds her own breath again as she writes the gripping narrative of slave
Sally Hemings' relationship with her white master and eventual president, Thomas Jefferson. As she gives Sally the voice she never had, Lisa finds her own way to freedom from an oppressive marriage to an older African American surgeon.
A contemporary rich, white doctor's wife.
A black colonial slave.
Separated by time, race, and money.
United by betrayal. Bonded by tragedy. One in their search for freedom.
This controversial novel dares to explore Jefferson's complex relationship with his slave, Sally Hemings. Although an advocate for abolition of slavery, he never freed his long-time lover (and mother of six of his children), Sally Hemings. One Drop of Me refers to the fact that it only took one drop of black blood to make a person a slave. Thomas Jefferson's children with Sally were 7/8th caucasian, yet were his property.
Sally Hemings' relationship with her white master and eventual president, Thomas Jefferson. As she gives Sally the voice she never had, Lisa finds her own way to freedom from an oppressive marriage to an older African American surgeon.
A contemporary rich, white doctor's wife.
A black colonial slave.
Separated by time, race, and money.
United by betrayal. Bonded by tragedy. One in their search for freedom.
This controversial novel dares to explore Jefferson's complex relationship with his slave, Sally Hemings. Although an advocate for abolition of slavery, he never freed his long-time lover (and mother of six of his children), Sally Hemings. One Drop of Me refers to the fact that it only took one drop of black blood to make a person a slave. Thomas Jefferson's children with Sally were 7/8th caucasian, yet were his property.
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| BN ID: | 2940150941786 |
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| Publisher: | Harry Kraus |
| Publication date: | 07/28/2015 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 533 KB |
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