George Washington's Enslaved Housemaid: Caroline Branham
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George Washington's Enslaved Housemaid: Caroline Branham
Character Interpreter Brenda Parker remembers the life of Caroline Branham: mother of 8, wife of Peter Hardiman, and enslaved housemaid at Mount Vernon.
Learn more at: www.mountvernon.org/slavery
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