The story is narrated by Beverly and Madison Hemings, sons of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, and their enslaved friend Peter Fossett. It’s told over the span of twenty-two years between 18, giving the reader plenty of time to get to know the characters-my favorite kind of book. I ended up reading Jefferson’s Sons by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley.
I found books about slavery during the Revolutionary War, time travel mysteries, and one alternate history featuring Civil War zombies, but I had a hard time finding a perfect fit for Juneteenth. I found one promising book that turned out to be narrated by the daughter of a Texas plantation owner complicit in concealing the news of emancipation-not at all what I was looking for. I didn’t expect to have much trouble gathering some historical fiction titles telling celebratory stories about emancipation.
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