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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
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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.
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The Mount Vernon Slave Who Made Good: The Mystery of William Costin
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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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