George Washington Slave Quarters

George Washington Slave Quarters. Additional filters: Type Archival Object 148 Unprocessed Material 1 Names The greenhouse at Mount Vernon was built to include slaves' quarters


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Handy, Stereopticons and Supplies (Boston, Ma) 1 Beck Engraving Company 1 Brown Brothers. "Slave Flight: Mount Vernon, Virginia, and the Wider Atlantic World." In George Washington's South, edited by Tamara Harvey and Greg O'Brien

Slavery at George Washington's Mount Vernon, an exhibition on view in the Donald W In the early 1790s, George Washington built a brick greenhouse at Mount Vernon with wings on the sides to house slaves, replacing a ramshackle "House for Families." Gainesville, Florida: University Press of Florida, 2004.

Men's Slave Quarters Washington's Mount Vernon. More about 'Greenhouse Slave Quarters' Subject Term Type George Washington's slave quarters were not only a place of residence, but also a symbol of the profound inequality that defined the lives of those enslaved at Mount Vernon

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