Chronology of the Hemings Family 11(4)
Preface 15(6)
Introduction 21(16)
PART I ORIGINS
Young Elezabeth's World
37(20)
John Wayles: The Immigrant
57(20)
The Children of no One
77(14)
Thomas Jefferson
91(20)
The Frist Monticello
111(20)
In the home of a Revolutionary
131(22)
PART II THE VAUNTED SCENE OF EUROPE
``A Particular Purpose''
153(16)
James Hemings: The Provincial Abroad
169(22)
``Isabel or Sally will Come''
191(18)
Dr. Sutton
209(15)
The Rhythms of the City
224(25)
The Eve of Revolution
249(15)
``During that Time''
264(26)
Sarah Hemings: The Fatherless Girl in a Patriarchal Society
290(18)
The Teenagers and the Woman
308(18)
``His Promises, on Which she Implicitly Relied''
326(27)
``The Treaty'' and ``Did They Love Each Other?''
353(23)
The Return
376(21)
PART III ON THE MOUNTAIN
Hello and Goodbye
397(17)
Equilibrium
414(23)
The Brothers
437(18)
Philadelphia
455(25)
Exodus
480(24)
The Second Monticello
504(17)
Into the Future, Echoes From the Past
521(19)
The Ocean of Life
540(22)
The Public World and the Private Domain
562(24)
``Measurably Happy'': The Children of Thomas Jefferson and sally Hemings
586(20)
Retirement for One Not For All
606(23)
Endings and beginnings
629(26)
Epilogue 655(8)
Acknowledgments 663(6)
Notes 669(68)
Selected Bibliography 737
Index 735