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Subject:	Re: Mount Vernon Opens Rebuilt Slave Cabin
From:	Anita Wills <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Thu, 20 Sep 2007 14:01:42 -0700
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The Free Population in that area were able to come and go as they pleased. Enslavement was as much a psychological condtion as a physical one. The slaves had to report their every move, and were subjected to punishment at the will of the person who owned them. 
 
Anita > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:25:21 -0400> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Mount Vernon Opens Rebuilt Slave Cabin> To: [log in to unmask]> > I saw the article and had occasion to visit the new facilities at Mt. > Vernon. It appears to me that President Washington's slaves were well cared for > and lived better than most of the free population in that area at the time, > plantation owners excepted.> > J South> > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
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