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000889956 1001_ $$aThompson, Mary V.,$$d1955-$$eauthor.
000889956 24515 $$a"The only unavoidable subject of regret" :$$bGeorge Washington, slavery, and the enslaved community at Mount Vernon /$$cMary V. Thompson.
000889956 264_1 $$aCharlottesville :$$bUniversity of Virginia Press,$$c2019.
000889956 300__ $$axv, 502 pages :$$billustrations, map ;$$c25 cm
000889956 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent
000889956 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia
000889956 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier
000889956 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000889956 50500 $$t"I Never See That Man Laugh to Show His Teeth" : George Washington and Martha Washington as Slave Owners --$$t"A Plant of Rapid Growth" : New Ideas and a Change of Heart --$$t"To Remain Constantly with the People" : Hired, Indentured, and Enslaved Supervisors --$$t"So Exact and So Strict" : Labor and the Mount Vernon Slaves --$$t"They Appear to Live Comfortable Together" : Family Life in the Mount Vernon Slave Community --$$t"A Mean Pallet" : The Slave Quarters at Mount Vernon --$$t"And Procure for Themselves a Few Amenities" : Recreation and Private Enterprise in the Enslaved Community --$$t"Better ... Fed Than Negroes Generally Are" : Diet of the Mount Vernon Slaves --$$t"An Idle Set of Rascals" : Control and Resistance among the Mount Vernon Slaves --$$tConclusion. More than a Father.
000889956 520__ $$a"American historians began producing in-depth studies of slavery and slave life shortly after World War II, but it was not until the early 1980s that the country's museums took the first tentative steps to interpret those same controversial topics. Perhaps because of the tremendous amount of primary material related to George Washington, almost no one looked into the lives of Mount Vernon's enslaved population. Incorporating the results of detailed digging, of both the archaeological and archival varieties, the number of chapters grew as further questions arose. While a few scholars outside Mount Vernon turned their attention to Washington's changing ideas about slavery, they largely overlooked the daily lives of those who were enslaved on the estate, a subject about which visitors expressed a desire to know more. The resulting book makes use of a wide range of sources, including letters, financial ledgers, work reports, travel diaries kept by visitors to Mount Vernon, the reminiscences of family members, former slaves, and neighbors, reports by archaeologists, and surviving artifacts to flesh out the lives of a people who left few written records, but made up 90 percent of the estate's population. The book begins with a look at George and Martha Washington as slaveowners, before turning to various facets of slave life ranging from work, to family life, housing, foodways, private enterprise, and resistance. Along the way, readers will see a relationship between Washington's military career and his style of plantation management, learn of the many ways slaves rebelled against their condition, and get to know many of the enslaved people who made Mount Vernon their home"--$$cProvided by publisher.
000889956 60010 $$aWashington, George,$$d1732-1799$$xRelations with slaves.
000889956 650_0 $$aSlaves$$zVirginia$$zMount Vernon (Estate)$$xHistory$$y18th century.
000889956 651_0 $$aMount Vernon (Va. : Estate)$$xHistory$$y18th century.
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