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An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America

byHenry Wiencek

Henry Wiencek examines George Washington's lifelong entanglement with slavery and the gradual change in his private thinking about the institution. Drawing on plantation records, family connections, military experience, and Washington's will, the book places enslaved people at the center of the founding father's world. The result is a morally complex portrait of power, hesitation, and emancipation in the early republic.

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Publication date

2004-08-12

Format

Paperback

Pages

432

ISBN

9780374529512