When he was eleven years old, George Washington inherited ten human beings. His own life has been well chronicled, but the lives of the people he owned—the people who supported his plantation and were buried in unmarked graves there—have not. Using fascinating primary source material and photographs of historical artifacts, Carla McClafferty sheds light on the lives of several people George Washington owned; the property laws of the day that complicated his decision to free them; and the Cemetery Survey, an archeological dig (set to conclude in 2018) that is shaping our understanding of Mount Vernon’s Slave Cemetery. Poignant and thought-provoking, Buried Lives blends the past with the present in a forward-looking account of a haunting piece of American history. Author's note. Source notes. Bibliography. Index. Black-and-white and full-color illustrations, photographs, and reproductions.
Topics George Washington (1732–1799). Ona Judge (1773–1848). William Lee (1750–1828). Slavery. Slaves. Abolitionism. Mount Vernon (estate). Virginia. Racism. Race relations.
SRC Level 11.500000
SRC Points 12.000000
Lexile 1150L
Trim Size 10" x 8"
JLG Span Fall
Language English
Rights type Print
Publication date 2018-11-12
JLG Release Date Feb 2019
Minimum grade 5
Maximum grade 8
Reading level Middle
Format Print
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
Nonfiction Middle
Nonfiction Middle Grades 5-8)
For Grades 5-8
Knowledge is power, and no other category speaks to this more. The 12 books in this category range from autobiographies to anthropological studies, these nonfiction titles are just right for middle-school readers . . . and ideal for research and classroom support, too.