Vernon, studies the domestic life, foodways, and religious practices of the residents of George Washington's plantation, with a special interest in the slave community. Excerpted with permission ...

Reverend Peter Fontaine, Defense of Slavery in Virginia George Washington was a wealthy Virginia planter whose life story speaks of the paradoxical attitude of whites of his time toward slavery.

Both men were Northerners. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington hailed from Virginia and considered slavery an “evil” practice, but owned hundreds of them. George Washington left slaves for ...

In Chained to History, Prof. Brady (George Washington) addresses the critical topic of slavery in its complete scope and shows the how the practice of human bondage significantly impacted American ...

Historian Joseph J. Ellis's introduction to Lamensdorf's historical novel%E2%80%94which recounts the life of George Washington through the eyes of his slave Billy Lee ...

Of the 31 people identified in the painting “General George Washington Resigning ... into Congress’s relationship with slavery, The Washington Post analyzed more than 400 artworks in the ...