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

Wiencek, Henry

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0330488694 ISBN 13 : 9780330488693

Editeur : Pan Books, 2005

Synopsis

`Wiencek is a fine writer, a careful historian and an accomplished genealogist who engagingly invites readers into his researches’ Raymond Seitz, Daily Telegraph

George Washington’s will decreed that all his slaves were to be freed; an action that has fuelled controversy, speculation and intrigue ever since. In this groundbreaking work, Henry Wiencek explores the founding father’s engagement with slavery at every stage of his life – as a soldier, politician, president and statesman.

Based on a meticulous examination of private papers, court records and the voluminous Washington archives, Wiencek recounts the moral transformation that culminated in the emancipation of his slaves. Was this perhaps because – as the oral history of Mount Vernon’s slave descendants has long asserted – he’d had a son by a slave called Venus? Using newly discovered evidence, Wiencek argues that this could indeed have been true. . .

An Imperfect God is a fascinating and thought-provoking piece of historical detection and a masterpiece of biography.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Henry Wiencek was born in Boston, educated at Yale, and is now a Fellow at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. He is the author of several books, including The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White, which won the 1999 National Book Critics' Circle Award. He lives in Virginia with his wife and son.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan Books
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0330488694
• ISBN 13: 9780330488693
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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