TY - BOOK ID - 77892802 TI - George Washington and slavery : a documentary portrayal PY - 1997 SN - 0826260764 9780826260765 0826211356 9780826211354 PB - Columbia : University of Missouri Press, DB - UniCat KW - Slavery KW - United States - General KW - Regions & Countries - Americas KW - History & Archaeology KW - Abolition of slavery KW - Antislavery KW - Enslavement KW - Mui tsai KW - Ownership of slaves KW - Servitude KW - Slave keeping KW - Slave system KW - Slaveholding KW - Thralldom KW - Crimes against humanity KW - Serfdom KW - Slaveholders KW - Slaves KW - History KW - Sources. KW - Sources KW - Washington, George, KW - Vashington, Dzhordzh, KW - Waszyngton, Jerzy, KW - Washington, Georg, KW - Uashingktoien, Geeorg, KW - Uashingtʻn, Gēorg, KW - װאשינגטאן, דזשארדזש, KW - ジョージワシントン, KW - Washington, G. KW - Views on slavery KW - Washington, George KW - United States KW - 18th century KW - Abolitionists KW - Wheatley, Phillis KW - Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier KW - Laurens, John KW - Lee, Billy KW - Judge, Oney KW - Enslaved persons UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77892802 AB - No history of racism in America can be considered complete without taking into account the role that George Washington - the principal founding father - played in helping to mold the racist cast of the new nation. Because General Washington - the universally acknowledged hero of the Revolutionary War - in the postwar period uniquely combined the moral authority, personal prestige, and political power to influence significantly the course and the outcome of the slavery debate, his opinions on the subject of slaves and slavery are of crucial importance to understanding how racism succeeded in becoming an integral and official part of the national fabric during its formative stages. Relying primarily on Washington's own words - his correspondence, diaries, and other written records - supplemented by letters, comments, and eyewitness reports of family members, friends, employees, aides, correspondents, colleagues, and visitors to Mount Vernon, together with contemporary newspaper clippings and official documents pertaining to Washington's relationships with African Americans, Fritz Hirschfeld traces Washington's transition from a conventional slaveholder to a lukewarm abolitionist. ER -