Jefferson's Chef - James Hemings From Slavery to Freedom - Softcover

Lightholder, Sharon O

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0578233029 ISBN 13: 9780578233024

Publisher: Albedo Press, 2020

Synopsis

When Thomas Jefferson travels to Paris in 1784 to negotiate trade treaties for America, he takes the enslaved James Hemings with him as his manservant. Living in Paris, where the French had abolished slavery, Hemings discovers an independence, a skill, and a romance beyond his imagination. Torn between family and freedom as the French Revolution erupts, Hemings makes a choice that changes Jefferson and America.

Sharon O. Lightholder's imagined biography, Jefferson's Chef: James Hemings--From Slavery to Freedom, is based on extensive legal, culinary, and historical research into Hemings's life and times, including primary materials from the Library of Congress, the National Archives, and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello.

Combining the political and the personal, Jefferson's Chef: James Hemings--From Slavery to Freedom creates a unique and intimate portrait of two exceptional men and discloses why Hemings was the only one of Jefferson's hundreds of slaves who was unconditionally freed during Jefferson's lifetime. Lightholder uses fiction to expose the astounding story of James Hemings and how his fierce desire for freedom changed his world and ours.

About this title

About the Author

Sharon O. Lightholder is anAmerican writer. She grew up in a military family and travelled extensively.After lived at 24 addresses throughout America, Asia and Europe, attendingthree colleges and one law school, she finally settled down in SouthernCalifornia...except for occasional trips to France.

She was an early avid reader, writer, and family storyteller.She remains inquisitive, or as her sister might say, nosey. These traits servedher well both in her work, as a peace officer; public policy, fiscal andlegislative analyst; and risk manager for a multi-billion-dollar public entity,and as a writer.

She is actively researching her next project at this time.For more information on her escapades, background on her books, interviews, andbook club guides, please visit sharonolightholder.com anytime.

Edition details

• Publisher: Albedo Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0578233029
• ISBN 13: 9780578233024
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 494