tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post7901190282894541409..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Reviews of Master of the MountainUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-72833775381544617062012-10-31T21:22:09.860-05:002012-10-31T21:22:09.860-05:00Here is coverage of Master of the Mountain from Th...Here is coverage of <i>Master of the Mountain</i> from <a href="http://www.readthehook.com/107887/wiencek-challenges-image-reluctant-slaveholder" rel="nofollow"><i>The Hook</i>, Charlottesville’s weekly magazine</a>, and a <a href="http://www.readthehook.com/108605/wiencek-misled-readers-jeffersons-record" rel="nofollow">critical response to the book</a> from Lucia “Cinder” Stanton, recently retired historian from Monticello. <br /><br />Stanton worked alongside Gordon-Reed, Lewis, and other historians in recent years to shine new light on how Jefferson treated his slaves and particularly Sally Hemings and her family. J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-28211845856998853742012-10-25T10:11:30.887-05:002012-10-25T10:11:30.887-05:00John Fea quotes Henry Wiencek’s response to Jan Le...John Fea quotes Henry Wiencek’s response to Jan Lewis’s review <a href="http://www.philipvickersfithian.com/2012/10/wiencek-responds-to-jan-lewis.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />One of the little pleasures of this public discussion is watching people assume that Lewis wishes to defend Jefferson against any criticism about his actions and words on slavery. Those people have presumably not read her work on the topic.<br /><br />Wiencek's comments, in turn, quote the President's grandson Thomas Jefferson Randolph as a reliable source on this topic. I think that's a mistake. T. J. Randolph's reported statements don't add up, and he had a lot to hide, including his own affairs with enslaved women at Monticello.J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.com