What to Read After The Hemingses of Monticello
Readers who loved The Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-Reed keep reaching for these 24 books. This list is built from where The Hemingses of Monticello is read alongside other books across reader co-reads and book lists. The more independent sources agree on a title, the higher it ranks.
Books to read after The Hemingses of Monticello
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The Dred Scott Case
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Many thousands gone
Roosevelt
Slaves in the family
A nation under our feet
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
No Ordinary Time
Founding Mothers
Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
The Path To Power
Traitor to his class
Reconstruction
The Slave Ship
FDR
1861
A midwife's tale
The emperor of Ocean Park
American slavery, American freedom
Wrapped in Rainbows
Thomas Jefferson
Everyday life in early America