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    The history of George Washington and slavery reflects Washington's changing attitude toward the ownership of human beings. The preeminent Founding Father...
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    George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president...
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    William Lee (valet) (category People who were enslaved by George Washington)
    Fritz. George Washington and Slavery: A Documentary Portrayal. University of Missouri Press, 1997. Wiencek, Henry. An Imperfect God: George Washington, His...
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    former residence and plantation of George Washington, a Founding Father, commander of the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War, and the first president...
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    List of presidents of the United States who owned slaves (category Presidents of the United States and slavery)
    childhood. American slavery and the presidents John Trumbull's 1780 portrait George Washington also depicts a man believed to be Washington's enslaved valet...
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    Oney Judge (category People who were enslaved by George Washington)
    woman who was owned by the Washington family, first at the family's plantation at Mount Vernon and later, after George Washington became president, at the...
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  • color. Harry had been born in Gambia and sold into slavery as a war captive. He was purchased by George Washington, who had plantations in Virginia. During...
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    George Washington Carver (c. 1864 – January 5, 1943) was an American agricultural scientist and inventor who promoted alternative crops to cotton and...
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    and speeches, likely including drafts of the Emancipation Proclamation. American Civil War portal Lincoln's Lost Speech George Washington and slavery...
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    George Washington (1732–1799) commanded the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and was the first president of the United States, from 1789 to 1797...
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    The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States...
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    Retrieved November 16, 2016.. Multiple sources: "George Washington and Slavery". George Washington's Mount Vernon: Digital Encyclopedia. Mount Vernon...
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    president of the United States, George Washington, soldier and politician Lawrence Washington, and politician Charles Washington. Born into the planter class...
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    economic roles of slavery, types of slavery, and debt slavery, which thoroughly explain the institution of slavery in Israel in antiquity. The Bible stipulates...
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    presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to...
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    American President George Washington’s teeth began to fall out before he reached the age of thirty, and he eventually lost them all. During his life, he...
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    George Washington, also known as Enthroned Washington, is a large marble sculpture by Horatio Greenough commissioned by the United States Congress on...
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  • for George Washington is a children's picture book written by Ramin Ganeshram and illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton, published by Scholastic and first...
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  • This bibliography of George Washington is a selected list of written and published works about George Washington (1732–1799). A recent count has estimated...
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    presidency of George Washington began on April 30, 1789, when Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States, and ended on March...
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    Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (category Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences)
    Lafayette and Slavery. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. "Marquis de Lafayette's Plan for Slavery". George Washington Digital Encyclopedia. George Washington's...
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    Fugitive slave advertisements in the United States (category Slavery in the United States)
    1804, and Gilbert in 1822. Thomas Jefferson and slavery: "Run away from the subscriber..." (Virginia Gazette, 1769) George Washington and slavery: "Absconded...
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    associated with his work on George Washington and slavery as a result of his book, An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America...
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    George Washington, also entitled George Washington and William Lee, is a full-length portrait in oil painted in 1780 by the American artist John Trumbull...
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    The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting Fort Lee in Bergen County, New Jersey, with the...
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    Slavery is the ownership of a person as property, especially in regards to their labour. Slavery typically involves compulsory work, with the slave's location...
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    George Washington Williams (October 16, 1849 – August 2, 1891) was a soldier in the American Civil War and in Mexico before becoming a Baptist minister...
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    Christian views on slavery are varied regionally, historically and spiritually. Slavery in various forms has been a part of the social environment for...
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