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Life of George Washington: The Farmer by Junius Brutus Stearns (1851) Washington's early views on slavery were no different from any Virginia planter of the time. [53] He demonstrated no moral qualms about the institution, and referred to slaves as "a Species of Property" during those years as he would later in life when he favored abolition. [118]
This is a list of slave cabins and other notable slave quarters. A number of slave quarters in the United States are individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Many more are included as contributing buildings within listings having more substantial plantation houses or other structures as the main contributing resources ...
William Lee (c. 1750 [1] – 1810 [2]) was an American slave and personal assistant of George Washington.He was the only one of Washington's slaves who was freed immediately by Washington's will.
[18]: 46–50 The Liberty Bell Center was under construction in January 2002, when the Historical Society of Pennsylvania published Edward Lawler, Jr.'s research on the President's House, [3] including the revelation that future visitors to the LBC would "walk over" the footprint of Washington's "slave quarters" as they entered the new building.
Slave quarters in the United States, sometimes called slave cabins, were a form of residential vernacular architecture constructed during the era of slavery in the United States. These outbuildings were the homes of the enslaved people attached to an American plantation, farm, or city property.
Deborah Squash (born ca. 1763–1765) was a slave on George Washington's Mount Vernon plantation before she escaped in 1781. She went to New Amsterdam , which was the headquarters for the British during the American Revolution .
Samuel Washington, George Washington's younger brother, was buried in an unmarked grave at the cemetery at his Harewood estate (an interior view is pictured above) near Charles Town, West Virginia.
Hercules Posey (c. 1748 – May 15, 1812) was a slave owned by George Washington, at his plantation Mount Vernon in Virginia. "Uncle Harkless," as he was called by George Washington Parke Custis, served as chief cook at the Mansion House for many years.