Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon |
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| Authors: | McClafferty, Carla Killough |
| Lexile: | 1150, |
| Publisher: | Holiday House |
| BISAC/Subject: | JNF007130, JNF025190, JNF007050 |
| ISBN: | 9780823441235, Related ISBNs: 0823436977, 0823441237, 0823447413, 9780823436972, 9780823441235 |
| Classification: | Non-Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 168, |
| Audience: | Children/juvenile |
Synopsis: The untold story of the enslaved people of Mount Vernon, and the illuminating history that is still being discovered in George Washington's historic home today.
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.
Includes a foreword by Zsun-nee Matema, a descendant one of the enslaved people at Mount Vernon who is highlighted in this book, backmatter outlining the author's sources, and an index.
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
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.
Includes a foreword by Zsun-nee Matema, a descendant one of the enslaved people at Mount Vernon who is highlighted in this book, backmatter outlining the author's sources, and an index.
A Junior Library Guild selection
A Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year
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