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Delano, Marfe Ferguson.
Master George's People :
George Washington, his slaves, and his revolutionary transformation /
by Marfé Ferguson Delano ; with Mount. Vernon photography by Lori Epstein.
Washington, D.C. :
National Geographic,
2013.
61 p :
ill. (chiefly col.), col. map ; hardcover ;
29 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 58-59) and index.
A short-lived childhood: sidebar, Frank Lee -- Building a plantation: sidebar, Davy -- Private lives: sidebar, Hercules -- Resistance and control: sidebar, Charlotte -- A gradual change of heart: sidebar, William Lee -- Liberty at last: sidebar, Christopher Sheels -- Epilogue.
Junior Library Guild.
This title gives us fascinating portraits of cooks, overseers, valets, farm hands, and more--the slaves George Washington called "my people"--interwoven with an examination of the conscience of the Father of Our Country.
7-11.
2-6.
Accelerated Reader
MG
7.7
3.0
155589 EN.
20130518.
A Junior Library Guild selection.
Washington, George
1732-1799
Relations with slaves
Juvenile literature.
Washington, George
1732-1799
Relations with slaves.
Slavery
Virginia
Mount Vernon (Estate)
Juvenile literature.
Slavery
Virginia
Mount Vernon (Estate.)
Slavery
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate.)
Slaves
Virginia
Mount Vernon (Estate)
Juvenile literature.
Slaves
Virginia
Mount Vernon (Estate.)
Slaves
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate.)
Slaves.
Black History.
Presidents.
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Race relations
Juvenile literature.
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
Race relations.