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Master Of The Mountain: Thomas Jefferson And His Slaves (2012)

by Henry Wiencek(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0374299560 (ISBN13: 9780374299569)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

review 1: This is a fascinatingly interesting idea that the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence and engineered the Louisiana Purchase was perceived as an avid proponent of emancipation but was anything but. The beginning dragged as bit as it was full of historical rhetoric. Then it moves into items of interest about individual slaves, many of whom were related by blood and bore a striking physical resemblance to Jefferson. The last part of the book creates a strong case for Jefferson as a devoted anti-abolitionist.
review 2: An outstanding probe into the mind and world of an extraordinarily hypocritical slaveholder. Jefferson's brilliance served the country well, but he used it to evade the logical conclusion of Enlightenment philosophy - emancipation in the n... moreation devoted to liberty. Handles the well-known Hemings affair judiciously, but Wiencek shines when it comes to describing daily routines of enslaved people at Monticello. In terms of men devoted to freedom, Jefferson pales compared to Washington or, more presciently, lesser-known men like Robert Coles. less

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