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Há 2 dias · George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
Há 5 dias · In 1857, George Custis died, leaving Robert Lee as the executor of his estate, which included nearly 200 slaves. In his will, Custis said the enslaved people were to be freed within five years of his death.
13 de mai. de 2024 · Lee’s eldest son, George Washington Custis Lee, challenged the government’s assumption of the property for years, eventually securing $150,000 in compensation. In 1925, the U.S. War Department began restoring Arlington House to its pre-war condition.
3 de mai. de 2024 · George Washington owned enslaved people from age eleven until his death, when his will promised his enslaved people freedom. His actions and private statements suggest a long evolution in his stance on slavery, based on experience and a possible awakening of conscience. Born in 1732, Washington came of age in a time when large-scale ...
5 de mai. de 2024 · Title The Washington family : George Washington, his lady, and her two grandchildren by the name of Custis / painted by E. Savage.
1 de mai. de 2024 · Beginning in 1802, George Washington Parke Custis had this mansion built to memorialize his adoptive grandfather, George Washington. Prior to the Civil War, more than 200 enslaved people lived on this plantation. Cabins, workshops, fields, and even a slave cemetery dotted this land.
10 de mai. de 2024 · Arlington House was built in 1802 by George Washington Parke Custis, step-grandson and adopted son of George Washington. In 1831, Custis’s daughter, Mary Anna married Lieutenant Robert E....
