This program explores the lives of the 18th-century enslaved community at Mount Vernon and examines George Washington's changing attitudes about slavery.

Special guests include Ruhulamin Quander and Zsun-nee Matema, direct descendants of two enslaved women who lived and worked at Mount Vernon under Martha Washington's supervision. The program also features Larry Earl, former Director of Education at the Charles W. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit, Michigan, and Manager of Planning and Administration of the Historic Area Division for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. They are joined by historian Dr. Philip Morgan from Johns Hopkins University and Dr. Dennis Pogue, Associate Director for Preservation and Restoration at Mount Vernon.

Grades 9-12, 45 mins.

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