Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon

by Carla Killough McClafferty

Book Overview

The untold story of the enslaved people of Mount Vernon, and the illuminating history that is still being discovered in George Washington's historic home today.

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 plantation and were buried in unmarked graves there--have not.

Using fascinating primary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823436977
• ISBN13: 9780823436972
• Release Date: December 2018
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.1" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher