Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington's Mount Vernon
From: MountVernon.org
Grade Level: (MS), (HS), (College)
Remote Ready: Yes!
Time: 7 min, 20 sec
Length of Reading: None
Link: Lives Bound Together
The film provides a brief overview of slavery. Then it discusses the number of slaves living on Washington's plantation as well as the work that they did there. The films brilliance comes in its discussion of individual slaves and their stories. On the same page, you will find other short videos telling the stories of Washington's individual slaves.
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Grade Level:
(MS), (HS), (College): We put these in parentheses because there is no specified age group for the activity; however, we think it would be well suited for middle school, high school, and college students
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Savage, Edward, Artist. The Washington family--George Washington, his lady, and her two grandchildren by the name of Custis / painted & engraved by E. Savage. Philadelphia: Published by E. Savage & Robert Wilkinson, London. Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/96512002/>.
