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When George Washington wrote his will, he made the startling decision to set his slaves free; earlier he has said that holding slaves was his "only unavoidable subject of regret." In this exciting new book, full of groundbreaking original research, Henry Wiencek explores the Founding Father's engagement with slavery at every stage of his life -- as Virginia planter, soldier, politician, president, and statesman.
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Is there anything new to say about Thomas Jefferson and slavery? The answer is a resounding yes. Master of the Mountain, Henry Wiencek's eloquent, persuasive book-based on new information coming from archaeological work at Monticello and on hitherto overlooked or disregarded evidence in Jefferson's papers-opens up a huge, poorly understood dimension of Jefferson's world. We must, Wiencek suggests, follow the money.
So far, historians have offered...
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