Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon
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Title
Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon
Date
2018
Description
When he was eleven years old, George Washington inherited ten human beings. His own life has been well chronicled, but the lives of the people he owned--the people who supported his plantation and were buried in unmarked graves there--have not.
Using fascinating primary source material and photographs of historical artifacts, Carla McClafferty sheds light on the lives of several people George Washington owned; the property laws of the day that complicated his decision to free them; and the Cemetery Survey, an archeological dig that is shaping our understanding of Mount Vernon's Slave Cemetery. Poignant and thought-provoking, Buried
Lives blends the past with the present in a forward-looking account of a haunting piece of American history.
Using fascinating primary source material and photographs of historical artifacts, Carla McClafferty sheds light on the lives of several people George Washington owned; the property laws of the day that complicated his decision to free them; and the Cemetery Survey, an archeological dig that is shaping our understanding of Mount Vernon's Slave Cemetery. Poignant and thought-provoking, Buried
Lives blends the past with the present in a forward-looking account of a haunting piece of American history.
Publication Item Type Metadata
District
Mount Vernon
Location
975.529 M 2018, Fairfax County Public Library
Citation
“Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon,” Fairfax County African American History Inventory, accessed September 19, 2024, https://fairfaxaahi.centerformasonslegacies.com/items/show/118.