Washington at the Plow : : the Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery
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Introduction: The life of a husbandman -- The experiments of a Virginia planter -- The agricultural foundations of Independence -- Mount Vernon in wartime -- New farming in a new nation -- Enslaved agricultural labor at Mount Vernon -- Cincinnatus and the world of improvement -- The farmer president -- Agriculture and the path to emancipation -- Epilogue: The reputation of a farmer.
"George Washington spent most of his time farming, often employing experimental methods. Washington saw slave-powered scientific agriculture as the key to the nation's prosperity. Bruce Ragsdale argues that it was slave labor's inefficiency as much as its inhumanity that finally convinced Washington to emancipate the men and women bonded to him"-- Provided by publisher.
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Insight on Washington submitted by m steve on June 11, 2022, 6:30am This can be a bit of a slow read but the book is essential to those who are interested in the thinking of GW. His day to day detailed running of his farms and his evolving thoughts on his slaves are very interesting.
PUBLISHED
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
Year Published: 2021
Description: vii, 358 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780674246386
0674246381
SUBJECTS
Washington, George, -- 1732-1799.
Agriculture -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
Slavery -- Mount Vernon (Estate)
Enslaved people -- Emancipation -- Mount Vernon (Estate)
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) -- History -- 18th century.
Biographies.