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Mary V. Thompson

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"The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret": George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon
Mary V. Thompson
2019
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Tremendous in His Wrath

A review of the most detailed examination yet published of slavery at Mount Vernon.
by Eric Foner via London Review of Books
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on December 9, 2019
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Did George Washington Have an Enslaved Son?

West Ford’s descendants want to prove his parentage—and save the freedmen’s village he founded.
by Jill Abramson via The New Yorker
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on March 4, 2022
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The Mount Vernon Slave Who Made Good: The Mystery of William Costin

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by David O. Stewart via Journal of the American Revolution on December 22, 2020

Revisiting the Prayer at Valley Forge

The fable of George Washington's prayer was meant to foster religious tolerance, not paint him as a pious leader.
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