Lives bound together : slavery at George Washington's Mount Vernon / introduction by Annette Gordon-Reed ; biographies by Jessie MacLeod ; essays by Mary V. Thompson, Philip D. Morgan, Molly H. Kerr, Eleanor Breen, Esther C. White, Scott E. Casper, Maurie D. McInnis, Rohulamin Quander, Gloria Tancil Holmes, ZSun-nee Matema ; Susan P. Schoelwer, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gordon-Reed, Annette, writer of introduction.

MacLeod, Jessie, 1986- writer of biographies.

Thompson, Mary V., 1955- writer of essay.

Schoelwer, Susan Prendergast, editor.

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Washington, George, 1732-1799--Relations with slaves.

Washington, George.

Washington, George, 1732-1799.

Enslaved persons--Virginia--Mount Vernon (Estate).

Enslaved persons.

Relations with slaves.

Virginia--Mount Vernon (Estate).

Slavery--Virginia--Mount Vernon (Estate).

Slavery.

Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)--Race relations.

Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate).

Race relations.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xvii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 153 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits, facsimiles ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Mount Vernon, Virginia : Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, 2016.

Contents:

Introduction / Annette Gordon-Reed

Part I. Enslaved people of Mount Vernon: biographies / Jessie MacLeod. Slavery and George Washington's world: Frank Lee, Doll, Caroline Branham. Soldier, statesman, slaveholder: William (Billy) Lee, Hercules, Ona (Oney) Judge Staines. Clothing and personal adornment: Giles. Daily life on Mount Vernon's five farms: Sambo Anderson, Priscilla and Penny, Kate, Davy Gray, Caesar, Tom, George. Epilogue: Divergent paths in the Nineteenth Century: Christopher Sheels, Kitty, Nancy Carter Quander, Edmund Parker

Part Two. Slavery at Mount Vernon: Essays. George Washington and slavery / Philip D. Morgan. Resisting enslavement: "the roguest people about the house" / Mary V. Thompson. Researching Slavery: "anxious for the weekly remarks": documenting slavery at Mount Vernon / Mary V. Thompson. The tiniest of details: a digital gateway to Mount Vernon's enslaved community / Molly H. Kerr. The archaeology of enslavement: Mount Vernon's house for families / Eleanor Breen. The landscape of enslavement: his space, their places / Esther C. White. Legacies. Slavery and freedom at nineteenth-century Mount Vernon / Scott E. Casper. Picturing George Washington, Mount Vernon, and slavery / Maurie D. McInnis. A perspective on Mount Vernon enslaved ancestry / Rohulamin Quander and Gloria Tancil Holmes. The Mount Vernon legacy / ZSun-nee Matema.

Notes:

"First Edition 2016."

"Book and cover design: Wynne Patterson."

"This book is typeset in Caslon."

"Silhouettes: The figures accompanying the biographies in this publication are intended as representations of the subjects, rather than as personal likenesses. We rarely know the appearance of enslave individuals at eighteenth-century Mount Vernon. The designs were created by Sally Wern Comport for the exhibition that accompanies this publication ..."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

ISBN:

9780931917097

0931917093

9789709319170

9709319175

OCLC:

956633869