George Washington once wrote his farm manager at Mount Vernon that he expected that "my people.. be at their work as soon as it is light, work 'till it is dark, and be diligent while they are at it."
Who were George Washington's people?
They were his property-enslaved men, women, and children who owed all their labor for their master. This system of slavery countered the liberty loving ideals of the new American nation, and many people of the time did not even recognize the contradiction. But one day, near the end of his life, George Washington recorded how his expectations for people had grown into a new desire.
Age - 10+
Grade - 5gr+
Author - Marfe Ferguson Delano
Publisher- Kids National Geographic
Format - Hardcover
Pages - 64
Dimensions- 11.20 x 9.40 x 0.55 Inches
