Oral Histories with Descendants of the Enslaved Community
Published 2016-10-19
The exhibit is now online: www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/live…
All Comments (21)
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Thank you for this video folks! I am happy that Washington posted your ancestors' names in a journal. Many of us did not have this.
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I really respect the balanced perspectives. The sin and cruelty of slavery cannot be dismissed, and nor can Washington’s legacy as perhaps the most critical founder.
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Powerful, thought provoking, legacies of these commentators. I was moved by the burial ground of unnamed enslaved people, wondering if any were ancestors of the commentators.
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Wish the sound was louder. Can’t hear the interviews. Shame
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Most of these comments are honestly horrifying, y'all are really trying to justify slavery or compare it modern day struggles. Slavery is horrific tragedy that America was built on and we must acknowledge that fact.
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Thanks for sharing. This is so touching.
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So very happy that you have connected with your ancestors. God bless all of you and them. Gratitude to them for building America. i wish i could gently and respectfully wipe the blood, sweat and tears of each of your ancestors who made our country what it is today. I hope my prayers for them is soothing enough for their departed souls. May they live on well for generations in your family pride of them.
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My earliest known ancestors were mixed Indigenous Indian and African from the Port Tobacco, Charles County, Mayland area. The earliest known male was Joseph Mingo in late 1600 married a white Welsh woman Elizabeth Thomas. Then sadly on top of that at least one of their children had children with Thomas Stone the Indentured master... today, I'm 60% African and 40% European.
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These people have no idea what is was like..................................................................
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I was on a tour as a child with my family in the late 1970s at Mt. Vernon and Gladys must have been there. I have a vague memory of the home tour and his tomb. These great families were essential in creating a new nation and building a new nation. I'm glad Washington kept good records.
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My earliest Born Ancestor in this country as far as paper trail was Jane Branch born free in 1705. Her mother was native and African her father was A British jamaican captain
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Impossible to hear this as it has not been uploaded on full volume sadly.
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Caroline Branhnam would be soooo proud
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Powerful!!!
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George Washington adopted great grandson had a baby with a enslaved black women and child named Maria Carter Syphax
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Venus is Vernon her mother.....✍️
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What do you mean he should have done more about slavery? The man kept every family member together he would not sell one and he never bought a slave. Sometimes I wish these people would go back in time to those days and do a little bit more about slavery, Let's see exactly how they would handle it..
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Interpreter? She was a tour guide
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John Lovett Hanson was President but resigned
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These people all look like they did pretty well for themselves.
