Filter By Subjects
Gardening Virginia Fairfax County History 18th century Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) History 18th century Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) Pictorial works Mount Vernon Gardens (Va.) Mount Vernon Gardens (Va.) Pictorial works Slaves Emancipation Virginia Mount Vernon (Estate) Washington, George 1732-1799 Contributions in gardening Washington, George 1732-1799 Homes and haunts Virginia Fairfax County Washington, George 1732-1799 Homes and haunts Virginia Fairfax County Pictorial worksFilter By Subjects
Gardening Virginia Fairfax County History 18th century Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) History 18th century Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) Pictorial works Mount Vernon Gardens (Va.) Mount Vernon Gardens (Va.) Pictorial works Slaves Emancipation Virginia Mount Vernon (Estate) Washington, George 1732-1799 Contributions in gardening Washington, George 1732-1799 Homes and haunts Virginia Fairfax County Washington, George 1732-1799 Homes and haunts Virginia Fairfax County Pictorial worksRagsdale, Bruce A.
Summary: "George Washington spent most of his time farming, often employing experimental methods. Washington saw slave-powered scientific agriculture as the key to the nation's prosperity. Bruce Ragsdale argues that it was slave labor's inefficiency as much as itsinhumanity that finally convinced Washington to emancipate the men and women bonded to him"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 2021
Sorry, no copies available
Place a hold to request this item.Griswold, Mac K.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1999
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 973.41 GRIchat loading...