Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father's Secret Children

Jefferson's Sons: A Founding Father's Secret Children by Bradley, Kimberly Brubaker. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780142421840.

This story of Thomas Jeffersons children by one of his slaves, Sally Hemings, tells a darker piece of Americas history from an often unseen perspective-that of three of Jeffersons slaves-including two of his own children. As each child grows up and tells his story, the contradiction between slavery and freedom becomes starker, calliing into question the real meaning of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This poignant story sheds light on what life was like as one of Jeffersons invisible offspring.