Barbara Chase-Riboud
The Great Mrs. Elias: A Novel Based on a True Story
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This is Chase-Riboud’s fifth installment in her “invisible” women of color series which began with Sally Hemings. The author stumbled upon the ...Read Review
The President’s Daughter
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Harriet Hemings Jefferson, the secret daughter of Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson, lives a shadowed life best summarized by a quote from Voltaire ...Read Review
Sally Hemings
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I am old enough to remember the furor this book caused when it first came out in 1979, presenting in novelized form the thesis ...Read Review
Hottentot Venus
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This fictionalized account of Sarah Baartman, the Hottentot Venus, is alternately told in her own voice and the voices of those who come ...Read Review