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Master of the mountain : Thomas Jefferson and his slaves

Title
  1. Master of the mountain : Thomas Jefferson and his slaves / Henry Wiencek.
Published by
  1. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.
Author
  1. Wiencek, Henry.

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Description
  1. 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "Master of the Mountain," Henry Wiencek's eloquent, persuasive book--based on new information coming from archaeological work at Monticello and on hitherto overlooked or disregarded evidence in Jefferson's papers--opens up a huge, poorly understood dimension of Jefferson's world."--
Subject
  1. Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826
  2. Slaves
  3. Slaves > Albemarle County > History
  4. Plantation life > Albemarle County > History
  5. Monticello (Va.) > History
Contents
  1. "This steep, savage hill" -- "Let there be justice" -- Pursued by the black horse -- "We lived under a hidden law" -- "The hammer or the anvil" -- The Bancroft paradox -- "To have good and human heart" -- What the blacksmith saw -- What the colonel saw -- A mother's prayers -- "I will answer for your safety -- banish all fear" -- "To serve you faithful" -- The double aspect -- America's Cassandra -- The man in the iron mask -- "I only am escaped alone to tell thee" -- "The effect on them was electrical" -- "Utopia in full reality" -- Jefferson anew.
Owning institution
  1. Columbia University Libraries
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.