Mount Vernon slavery database, approximately 1740-1809
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Branham, Caroline, 1764?-1843
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Caroline Branham was an enslaved woman at Mount Vernon in Virginia, and owned by Martha Washington as part of the Custis estate. She worked as a housemaid in the Mount Vernon mansion. Caroline was married to Peter Hardiman, an enslaved groom whom George Washington rented from David Stuart, who had married the widow of Martha Washington’s son, John (Jacky) Parke Custis. Together they had at least eight children: Wilson, Rachel, Jemima, Leanthe, Polly, Peter, Austin, and Daniel. After Martha ...
Jasper, Dick, active 1786-
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Dick Jasper was an enslaved man, owned by George Washington. He worked at Dogue Run Farm, part of the Mount Vernon Estate in Virginia. He was described as a "labouring man" in the list of enslaved people at Mount Vernon compiled in 1786. In 1792, Jasper was listed as a carter, a worker who drove an animal-powered cart. Jasper was married to Charity, and together the couple had five children that survived past birth. Both Charity and Dick were owned by Washington and were freed in 1802, under th...
Jasper, Charity, active 1786-
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Charity Jasper was an enslaved woman owned by George Washington. She worked at Dogue Run Farm, part of Mount Vernon Estate in Virginia. She was married to Dick Jasper and together the couple had five children that survived past birth. She is listed in both the 1786 and 1799 census of enslaved at Mount Vernon. As Charity was owned directly by Washington so were their children. Dick and Charity were both freed in 1802 under the terms of Washington's will....
Twine, Sall, Active 1770-
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Sall Twine was an enslaved woman, owned by the estate of Martha Washington's first husband, Daniel Parke Custis. She worked as a field-worker at Dogue Run Farm, part of the Mount Vernon Estate in Virginia. She was married to George, an enslaved man owned by George Washington, who worked at the Mansion Farm. The couple had seven children: Jesse, Kate, Lawrence, Barbary, Abbay, Hannah, and George. ...
Syphax, Charles, 1791-1869
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Charles Syphax was born 1791 to an enslaved woman at Mount Vernon estate in Virginia and a free black preacher. He was a dower slave, owned by Martha Washington as part of the Custis estate. In 1802 George Washington Parke Custis inherited ownership of Syphax, and Syphax was moved to Arlington House in Virginia. In 1821, Charles Syphax married Maria Carter, the daughter of a enslaved woman named Arianna from the Mount Vernon estate. In 1826 Custis freed Maria Carter Syphax and her children, ...
Lee, Frank, -1821
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Frank Lee (-1821) was an enslaved butler to George Washington and the younger brother of William Lee, valet to George Washington during the War of the American Revolution. He was owned by Mary Lee of Westmoreland County, Virginia, and sold to George Washington in 1768. Frank Lee was married to Lucy, a dower slave, and the daughter of Doll, a cook at Mount Vernon. Frank and Lucy had three children: Mike, Patty and Phillip. Frank Lee was freed in 1801 as stipulated in Washington’s will. Lucy a...
Carter, Rose, active 1799-
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Rose Carter was an enslaved woman, owned by George Washington. She worked as a field worker at Mount Vernon's River Farm, and was emancipated in 1801. She settled in the vicinity of Mount Vernon after emancipation....
Bay, Sukey, active 1799-
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Sukey Bay was an enslaved field worker, owned by George Washington. She worked at Mount Vernon’s River Farm, and was emancipated in 1801 in George Washington's will. She had a daughter, Rose Carter, who was also a field worker at Mount Vernon's River Farm....
Betty (Dower slave), approximately 1738 – 1795
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Betty (approximately 1738 – 1795) was a dower slave who came to live and work at Mount Vernon in Virginia as part of the Custis Estate, when Martha married George Washington. She worked as a seamstress, and was the mother of Ona Judge and Philadelphia Judge, with Andrew Judge, who was an indentured servant from England. ...
Judge, Philadelphia, approximately 1780-1831
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Philadelphia (Delphy) Judge Costin was born circa 1780 at Mount Vernon in Virginia. Her mother Betty was a dower slave of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington. She was the sister of Ona Judge who ran away from Mount Vernon to seek freedom in New Hampshire. Around 1800, she married William Costin. After Martha Washington's death in 1802, she became the property of Martha's granddaugher Elizabeth Custis Law. Thomas Law, Elizabeth's husband at the time, manumitted William Costin in 1802, and later Ph...
Anderson, Sambo, -1845
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Sambo Anderson was one of the few enslaved people at Mount Vernon in 1799 who had been born and captured in Africa. He recalled arriving in the American colonies “five years before Braddock’s defeat” (that is, around 1750). The Gazette article reported that Anderson was “a genuine Guinea negro and claimed to have come from a Royal family.” The accompanying description suggests his African origins: “He was of a bright mahogany color, with high cheek bones, and was stoutly made. His face was tatto...
Caesar, approximately 1749-
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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 populatio...
Gray, Davy, approximately 1743-
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Davy Gray was about sixteen years old when he first came to Mount Vernon in 1759 as part of Martha Washington’s dower share of enslaved workers from the Custis estate. It is unknown whether anyone in his family accompanied him. The young man became a field-worker on several of Washington’s farms. As early as 1778 he was supervising other enslaved workers. By 1799 then-fifty-six-year-old Gray was overseer at Muddy Hole Farm, where he lived with his wife, Molly. At various times, Washington also a...
Judge, Ona, 1773-1848
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Ona Judge, often referenced by the Washingtons as Oney, was born at George Washington's Mount Vernon around 1774. She was the daughter of Betty, an enslaved seamstress living on Mansion House Farm, and Andrew Judge, a white English tailor whom Washington hired from 1772 to 1784. She received a post in the household: at age ten, she became Martha Washington’s personal maid. Like her mother, Ona was skilled at sewing, “the perfect mistress of her needle.” Also, like her mother, Ona and her younger...
Washington, George, 1732-1799
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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...
George Washington's Mount Vernon
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George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens was founded by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union to to preserve, restore, and manage the estate of George Washington to the highest standards and to educate visitors and people throughout the world about the life and legacies of George Washington. The Estate and Gardens first opened to the public in 1860. The Mount Vernon includes the Mansion and other original structures; Washington's tomb; interpretive spaces like the Pionee...
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)
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Mount Vernon is located on the Potomac River near the city of Alexandria, Virginia, and is best known as the home of George and Martha Washington. George Washington's ancestors acquired the estate when it was known as Little Hunting Creek Plantation. In 1740, Lawrence Washington renamed the plantation Mount Vernon after the English naval officer Admiral Edward Vernon, under whom he served. Under George Washington, the plantation reached a size of nearly 8,000 acres and was divided into five far...
