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George Washington's Enslaved Housemaid: Caroline Branham

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George Washington's Enslaved Valet: William Lee

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George Washington's Enslaved Chef: Hercules

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Ona Judge: A Woman Who Escaped Slavery & the Washingtons

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Talking With An Enslaved Housemaid At Mount Vernon

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The Life of Kate: Enslaved Midwife, Fieldworker, Wife & Mother

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The Life of Doll: Women of Mount Vernon

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The Life of Penny: An Enslaved Girl

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Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington’s Mount Vernon

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The History of the Syphax Family

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Oral Histories with Descendants of the Enslaved Community

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Freedom Skies: A Juneteenth Celebration

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Portraying An Enslaved Woman - Brenda Parker

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Telling The Story Of Slavery: A Visit To The National Archives

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Slave Life at Mount Vernon

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What Were the Living Conditions of the Enslaved People at Mount Vernon?

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Archaeology of the Slave Quarters

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The Construction and Layout of the Slave Quarters

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Slavery: George Washington's "Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret"

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Washington and Slavery

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George Washington's Views on Slavery

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Why Did George Washington Have Slaves?

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George Washington's Will

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Why Did George Washington Have Slaves?

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Why Didn't George Washington Abolish Slavery?

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The American Constitution's Limitations on Abolishing Slavery

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Did the Enslaved People Know They'd Be Freed in Washington's Will?

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Fishing at George Washington's Farm

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Making BITTER Hot Chocolate, 18th-Century Style

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Compilation of Enslaved Worker Songs

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Caroline at the Hearth

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Slammin Joe on Slavery

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Hear My Story: The Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon

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Enslaved Worker Song: Sit Down Servant Sit Down

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Enslaved Worker Song: Hoe Emma Hoe

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An Overview of Slave Life at Mount Vernon

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Sit Down Servant, Sit Down

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Enslaved Worker Songs: "Funga Alafia"

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Slammin' Joe on 18th Century Culture

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Slammin Joe on the Revolution

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Slave Memorial Ceremony (Full)

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Ted Mance: Enslaved People of Mount Vernon Tour

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Facebook Livecast: The Opening of our "Lives Bound Together" Exhibit

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Hercules on the Death of George Washington

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Lives Bound Together Opening & Annual Slave Memorial Commemoration Ceremony

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Slave Memorial Ceremony (Dedication)

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Ceramic Findings in the Slave Quarter

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Slave Memorial Ceremony

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Slave Memorial Ceremony Introduction

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Servants’ Hall

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Livestream with Frank Lee

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Slave Quarters Reopen at George Washington's Mount Vernon

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Learn about the lives of the enslaved through Archeology

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Deep River performed by Brenda Parker #shorts

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Oral Histories with Descendants of the Enslaved Community

25,893 views • October 19, 2016

This video appears in the exhibit, Lives Bound Together: Slavery at George Washington's Mount Vernon (Oct 1, 2016 - July 11, 2021). The exhibit is now online: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/lives-bound-together-online