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Carlin Account Book.pdf
This excerpt from the account book of William Carlin, a tailor in Alexandria, Virginia, shows a record of George Mason IV buying clothes for his family and enslaved personal servant named James, who was the "livery" of Gunston Hall. This originally…

IMG_20170803_134931_200.jpg
This photograph depicts another perspective of the cramped staircase used by the enslaved people of Gunston Hall.

TrialLogbookGMason.png
This trial book shows the absence of George Mason IV, a presiding Justice of the Peace, in a court case involving the public acknowledgment of the ages of enslaved children, possibly for the purpose of reinforcing their rightless state or…

Maryland Gazette September 24 1761 Thomson Mason slave ad.tiff
The newspaper page displays an advertisement that Thomson Mason posted for buyers of enslaved persons. This copy of the Gazette was obtained from the Maryland State Archives, Annapolis.

thomson mason ad july 29 1762.tiff
The newspaper page displays an advertisement that Thomson Mason posted for buyers of enslaved persons. This copy of the Gazette was obtained from the Maryland State Archives, Annapolis.

thomson mason ad july 1 1762.tiff
The newspaper page displays an advertisement that Thomson Mason posted for buyers of enslaved persons. This copy of the Gazette was obtained from the Maryland State Archives, Annapolis,

ann mason thomson will.pdf
This typed transcription shows a page from Ann Thomson Mason's Last Will and Testament.

Smallpox.JPG
A notice warning of the risk of smallpox spreading with the importation into the Chesapeake and Low Country of enslaved individuals landed in Charles Town, South Carolina,

Slave quarters Louisiana 1861_1863.JPG
This illustration depicts enslaved individuals socializing in a cabin settlement on their Louisiana plantation during the early 1860s.

IMG_20170728_234403_668.jpg
This photograph of Gunston Hall manor displays the side door, which enslaved people used to enter and exit the house.
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