Caesar, approximately 1749-
In 1799, Caesar was about 50 years old. The only record of Caesar’s appearance comes from a runaway advertisement, placed by George Washington’s farm manager, which describes Caesar as, “a black negro man about 45 or 50 years of age, and about 5 feet 7 or 8 inches high; has a sharp aquiline nose, and some of his foreteeth stand out... his usual dress is home-spun black and white.”
Caesar was a field worker on Mount Vernon’s Union Farm. He was literate and preached to the local black population.
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| referencedIn | Letter, to William Pearce, 1796 February 21 | George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon |
Bibliographic and Digital Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
|---|---|---|---|
| referencedIn | Mount Vernon slavery database, approximately 1740-1809 | George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon |
Filters:
| Relation | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| associatedWith | Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) | corporateBody |
| associatedWith | Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate). Union Farm | corporateBody |
| ownedBy | Washington, George, 1732-1799 | person |
| Place Name | Admin Code | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Vernon | VA | US |
| Subject |
|---|
| Slavery |
| Agriculture |
| Occupation |
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| Farming |
| Ministers |
| Activity |
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Birth 1749
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