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Buried Lives : The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon
- Date: 18 Dec 2018
- Publisher: Holiday House
- Original Languages: English
- Format: Hardback::168 pages, ePub
- ISBN10: 0823436977
- ISBN13: 9780823436972
- Dimension: 206x 254x 20mm::794g
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Title: Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington’s Mount Vernon author: Carla Killough McClafferty date: Holiday House; 2018 nonfiction; ages 10 and up Carla Killough McClafferty is a children’s nonfiction author who has written biographies on Marie Curie, Varian Fry and George Washington. Buried Lives, her most recent books is Her latest book, Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington’s Mount Vernon, comes out tomorrow. It tells the story of the people who w ere enslaved at Mount Vernon as well as Washington’s changing views on slavery. Personally, this part of the story intrigues me. A lot of people today want to state what Washington thought. 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Next, I’ll tell you why I used these facts. Buy a cheap copy of Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of book Carla Killough McClafferty. Free shipping over $10. Buy a cheap copy of Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of book Carla Killough McClafferty. > Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon. ISBN: 0823436977. ISBN13: 9780823436972. Buried Lives Poignant and thought-provoking, Buried Lives blends the past with the present in a forward-looking account of a haunting piece of American history. Foreword Zsun-nee Matema, a descendant one of the enslaved people at Mount Vernon who is highlighted in this book. Back matter. Buried Lives Carla Killough McClafferty, 9780823436972, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. using our website you agree to our use of cookies. Home People & Places; History Books for Kids Buried Lives, The Enslaved People of George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Deeply moving, this book intended for older children and teens will be an education for adults as well. Carla Killough McClafferty presents the stories of William Lee, Christopher Sheels, Caroline (Branham), Peter Hardiman, Ona Marie Judge, and Hercules, six of the best McClafferty also explains in clear terms the property laws of the day that complicated George Washington's eventual decision to free the people he owned, and the modern-day archaeological survey at Mount Vernon's Slave Cemetery that is uncovering new information about a burial ground that was nearly forgotten to time." -Page 2 of cover. During this hour-long program, Carla Killough McClafferty discusses the six enslaved individuals highlighted in her book, Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington’s Mount Vernon. She will also explain how she used primary sources and the work of Mount Vernon's archaeology department to understand their lives. Buried lives:the enslaved people of George Washington's Mount Vernon / "When he was eleven years old, George Washington inherited ten human beings. The life of the first president has been well chronicled, but the lives of the people of color he owned -the people who sustained his plantation and were buried in unmarked graves there -have not. BURIED LIVES: THE ENSLAVED PEOPLE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOUNT VERNON An illuminating look at the complex relationships between George Washington and the enslaved people of Mount Vernon, and the history still being uncovered there. When he was eleven years old, George Washington inherited ten human beings. In the introduction to Carla Killough McClafferty's powerful and insightful book for young adults (actually, any adult no matter how old) Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon, she tells us "At the age of eleven Washington inherited ten human beings, and he would own people his entire life." So the continental The escape of Oney Judge, the enslaved maid of George and Martha Washington. And the woman she runs into who could tell the Washington's where she was. From my book BURIED LIVES: THE ENSLAVED PEOPLE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON'S MOUNT VERNON. An illuminating look at the complex relationships between George Washington and the enslaved people of Mount Vernon, and the history still being uncovered there. 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 In Buried Lives, award-winning author Carla Killough McClafferty (The Many Faces of George Washington: Remaking a Presidential Icon) confronts Washington's role as a conflicted slave owner through the stories of six enslaved Mount Vernon residents. William Lee was Washington's valet, attending to all his personal needs. McClafferty has written a monumental book about the lives of the slaves that lived and worked at George Washington’s Mount Vernon. The bulk of the book is devoted to chronicling the lives of six out of hundreds of slaves known to have been the property of our nation’s first president. 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 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. Buried Lives The Enslaved People of George Washington’s Mount Vernon continues to bury African American who were enslaved and fails to fully contextualize slavery’s legacy in the racial and political history of the United States. I think the book does better than most books for young readers to portray Washington’s personal involvement Then, beginning October 1, 2016, another thread in African American history began being told at Mount Vernon with the opening of the ground-breaking exhibition called “ Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington’s Mount Vernon ” focusing on the personal stories of Mount Vernon’s enslaved people. Or, you might have some students read the book and others read the chapters about Judge in Carla Killough McClafferty’s Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Gretchen Woelfle’s Answering the Cry of Freedom: Stories … Mount Vernon welcomes author Carla McClafferty to the Robert H. And Clarice Smith Auditorium to discuss her book for young adults titled Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon on Thursday, April 11, 2019. The event will also feature a presentation from Mount Vernon's archaeology department, highlighting recent Many books have been written about George Washington, it’s hard to believe there can be a genuinely fresh take on his life, but Buried Lives is an entirely new take on his experience at Mount Vernon—Washington’s estate. If one visits Mount Vernon and takes a tour, there is little mention of the many slaves Washington owned, but it’s
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