This Building Houses Slave Quarters at Mount Vernon
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The skilled and manual labor needed to run Mount Vernon was largely provided by slaves. Many of the working slaves were trained in crafts such as milling, coopering, blacksmithing, carpentry and shoemaking. Others worked as house servants, boatmen, coachmen or field hands. Some female slaves were also taught skills, particularly spinning, weaving and sewing, while others worked as house servants or in the laundry, the dairy, or the kitchen. Many female slaves also worked in the fields. Of the 316 slaves at Mount Vernon in 1799, most lived & worked on the 4 outlying farms of the plantation.
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A good photo - although sobering - we should remember this. Anything to do with slavery is very depressing - it must never happen again in this country. - DeeAnne
said missdee101
Nicely done! Best of luck this week.
said kidlib1
Well done. Great idea for this one.
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