One man, Will, at Muddy Hole Farm, perhaps was a minister, for George Washington's 1799 census shows the letters "mint'r" written beside Will's name. An enslaved clergyman was not unknown in ...

Feb. 22, 1732 George Washington is born in a modest house ... and indentured servants. Enslaved African-Americans lived throughout the colonies with large concentrations in the Chesapeake region ...

Of the 31 people identified in the painting “General George Washington Resigning His Commission,” displayed in the Capitol Rotunda, 19 were enslavers. By Gillian Brockell Dec. 27 at 7:00 a.m ...

George Washington was the son of Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-1789). The Washington family moved to Ferry Farm Plantation in 1738. Located on the ...

When President George Washington celebrated his 65th birthday ... Posey’s contributions largely remain unknown due to his status as an enslaved person. However, a small group of historians ...

Washington won the presidency by unanimous electoral vote in both 1788 and in 1792. Challenges Upon his inauguration as the first president on April 30, 1789, George Washington assumed office under ...

Saturday, Feb. 1 is George Washington Carver Day in Iowa ... When he was about one, which is around when enslaved Africans became truly emancipated, he still would have been a child of the ...