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Special Video Reports - The Private Lives Of George Washington’s Slaves | Jefferson’s Blood | FRONTLINE | PBS
of the Federal City (later Washington, D.C.), the mother- in-law of a former Mount Vernon slave. Among the objects that her mistress, Eliza Custis Law (Martha Washington's eldest granddaughter ...
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Alexandria Celebrates Women: Martha Washington, the ‘mother of the First Ladies’
Enslaved women in the 18th and early 19th century were often forced to labor in the fields or in an urban setting like ...
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‘A Time Capsule’: Centuries-Old Cherry Bottles Unearthed At George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate
Researchers just uncovered two 18th-century cherry bottles in the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon home. The green bottles contained a liquid researchers believe may be groundwater, as well ...
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Rare wallpaper helps revive George Washington’s Mansion: 'It’s really incredible'
Curators at George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate sought out rare 18th-century wallpaper for an ongoing restoration project. The wallpaper was found at the Old York Historical Society in Maine ...