by Erica Cavanaugh | Jun 15, 2022
Isaac was an enslaved carpenter living at Mount Vernon from 1773 to 1801. Learn more about his life with these visualizations, which include a family tree and a word cloud about the tasks he was commonly assigned.
by Erica Cavanaugh | Jun 15, 2022
On April 24th, 1793, the Presidential Household Accounts indicate that Washington “[paid] for 8 tickets for the Circus.” This circus was the first in the United States. In this illustrated visualization, information about the circus’s history, the performances...
by Erica Cavanaugh | Jun 13, 2022
William Lee—who preferred to be called by that name, though Washington often called him “Billy” or “Will”—was George Washington’s enslaved valet for 20 years. During that time, Lee rarely left Washington’s side, meaning that there are numerous records preserving Lee’s...
by Erica Cavanaugh | Jun 1, 2022
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