{"product_id":"buried-lives-the-enslaved-people-of-george-washingtons-mount-vernon-9780823436972","title":"Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Carla Killough McClafferty\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Holiday House\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Holiday House\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History - United States - Colonial \u0026amp; Revolutionary Periods\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe untold story of the enslaved people of Mount Vernon, and the illuminating history that is still being discovered in George Washington's historic home today.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing 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 that is shaping our understanding of Mount Vernon's Slave Cemetery. Poignant and thought-provoking, \u003ci\u003eBuried Lives \u003c\/i\u003eblends the past with the present in a forward-looking account of a haunting piece of American history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes a foreword by Zsun-nee Matema, a descendant one of the enslaved people at Mount Vernon who is highlighted in this book, backmatter outlining the author's sources, and an index. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild selection\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Holiday House","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45139206996119,"sku":"9780823436972","price":1758.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780823436972.webp?v=1767654162","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/buried-lives-the-enslaved-people-of-george-washingtons-mount-vernon-9780823436972","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}