Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
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Title |
Washington Family |
Catalog Number |
TRE2006.002.586 |
Scope & Content |
Lithograph, "Washington Family", George Washington and his family seated at a table with a slave in the right background. Lithographic print depicting George Washington, his wife Martha Custis Washington, two of her grandchildren (a boy and a girl), and an African American slave. The slave is probably Christopher Sheels (or Shields), a slave owned by George Washington. He unsuccessfully attempted to escape from Mount Vernon. The Washingtons moved him to void any legal possiblity of his gaining his freedom. He does not appear ever to have been emancipated by Washington, his wife, or their heirs. |
Creator |
Kelly, Thomas |
People |
Washington, George Lee, William Washington, Martha Dandridge Custis [Mrs. George] Custis, Martha Dandridge Custis, George Washington Parke Custis, Eleanor Parke Lewis, Eleanor Parke Custis Sheels, Christopher (tentative) Shields, Christopher (tentative) |
Subjects |
women children slaves slavery girls boys African Americans |