Buried Lives: The Enslaved People of George Washington's Mount Vernon
by Carla Killough McClafferty
The untold story of the enslaved people of Mount Vernon, and the illuminating history... read more
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- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2018
Word Count 40,817
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 500225
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- History
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Mount Vernon (Va.: Estate)
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- Slavery--Virginia--Mount Vernon (Estate)--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & First Families (U.S.)
- Virginia
- Relations with slaves
- Slavery
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate)--Race relations--Juvenile literature
- Mount Vernon (Estate)
- Slaves--Virginia--Mount Vernon (Estate)--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Nonfiction
- Washington, George
- Washington, George, 1732-1799--Relations with slaves--Juvenile literature
- Race relations
- Slaves
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