The Collections of Mount Vernon Curatorial Collection Library Horticultural Collection Heritage Breed Animals Exhibitions Staff Research "Plain for Its Situation": A Chippendale Side Chair from the Nation's First Executive Mansion "More to dread...than from the Sword of the Enemy" Houdon's Bust of Washington The Domestic Architecture of Slavery at George Washington's Mount Vernon Christmas at Mount Vernon "The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret": George Washington and Slavery Slave Lifeways at Mount Vernon: An Archaeological Perspective “As if I had Been a Very Great Somebody” Martha Washington in the American Revolution: Becoming the New Nation’s First Lady "A Sacred Duty": Mount Vernon During the Civil War Years "Different People, Different Stories: The Life Stories of Individual Slave from Mount Vernon.." "The Best of Every Article" "That Hospitable Mansion": Hospitality at George Washington's Mount Vernon George Washington Slept Here...and Ate Here...and Talked Here: Adventures in 18th Century Travel with George Washington... "They Appear to Live Comfortable Together": Private Life of Mount Vernon Slaves The Lives of Enslaved Workers on George Washington's Outlying Farms "Their unfailing friend": Edward Everett and the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association A Parent’s Lament: “We hope Jacky will Apply Close to his Studies” "And Procure for Themselves a Few Amenities": Recreation & Private Enterprise in the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon Archaeological Collection Architectural Fragments Home   learn : collections : staff research : "and procure for themselves a few amenities": recreation & private enterprise in the enslaved community at mount vernon "And Procure for Themselves a Few Amenities": Recreation & Private Enterprise in the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon "And Procure for Themselves a Few Amenities":  Recreation & Private Enterprise in the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon

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