A significant number of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Virginians migrated north and west with the intent of extricating themselves from a slave society. All sought some kind of freedom: whites who left the Old Dominion to escape from slavery refused to live any longer as slave owners or as participants in a society grounded in bondage; fugitive slaves attempted to liberate themselves; free African Americans searched for greater opportunity.
In Migrants against Slavery Philip J. Schwarz suggests that antislavery migrant Virginians, both the famous--such as fugitive Anthony Burns and...
A significant number of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Virginians migrated north and west with the intent of extricating themselves from a slav...
George Washington inherited his first slave at the age of eleven, and he was the only founding father to free his slaves in his will. This highly readable selection of articles focuses on Washington's changing attitudes toward the institution of slavery and his everyday relationships with the slaves who shared his Mount Vernon estate. Along with his insightful introduction, editor Philip J. Schwarz has included James C. Rees's essay Looking Back, Moving Forward: The Changing Interpretation of Slave Life on the Mount Vernon Estate, Dennis J. Pogue's essay Slave Lifeways at Mount Vernon: An...
George Washington inherited his first slave at the age of eleven, and he was the only founding father to free his slaves in his will. This highly read...
