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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon

The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon

Thompson, Mary V.

Hardcover

Black American HistoryGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

Publisher Price: $32.95

ISBN10: 0813941849
ISBN13: 9780813941844
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: Jun 4 2019
Pages: 520
Weight: 1.90
Height: 1.30 Width: 8.40 Depth: 9.80
Language: English

George Washington's life has been scrutinized by historians over the past three centuries, but the day-to-day lives of Mount Vernon's enslaved workers, who left few written records but made up 90 percent of the estate's population, have been largely left out of the story.

In The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret, Mary Thompson offers the first comprehensive account of those who served in bondage at Mount Vernon. Drawing on years of research in a wide range of sources, Thompson brings to life the lives of Washington's slaves while illuminating the radical change in his views on slavery and race wrought by the American Revolution.

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