George Washington inherited his first slave at the age of eleven, and he was the only founding father to free his slaves in his will. This highly readable selec

"American historians began producing in-depth studies of slavery and slave life shortly after World War II, but it was not until the early 1980s that the countr

Because General Washington - the universally acknowledged hero of the Revolutionary War - in the postwar period uniquely combined the moral authority, personal

At the time of George Washington's death in 1799, more than 300 enslaved men, women, and children lived on his Mount Vernon plantation. Lives Bound Together: Sl

A startling and eye-opening look into America’s First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of “extraordinary grit” (The Philade