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Jefferson's Sons

Kimberly Brubaker Bradley

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Apr 06, 2017 Amy Lafleur Meyers rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: slavery, historical-fiction, history, 2017-read, audiobook, childrens, presidents, middle-grade, emotionally-powerful, 2017-favorites

Imagine that you're a slave and your father is the president, and your owner. You are his property and the fact that he's your father must remain a secret. Kimberly Brubaker Bradley tells this story of Thomas Jefferson's children by Sally Hemings. The book mostly focuses on William Beverly Hemings and James Madison (Maddy) Hemings, following the two over a large span of time from when Beverly is a young child while Jefferson is president, as the children grow up, and finally ends in the aftermat ...more

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