An imperfect god :
Wiencek, Henry.
An imperfect god : George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of America / Henry Wiencek. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. - 404 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-390) and index.
Introduction : General's dream -- Home ground -- On the borderland -- The widow Custis -- A life honorable and amusing -- A scheme in Williamsburg -- So sacred a war as this -- A different destiny -- "A sort of shadowy life" -- The great escape.
0374175268 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2003006984
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 --Relations with slaves.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Slavery--Political aspects--History--United States--18th century.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
E312.17 / .W6 2003
973.4/1/092 B
An imperfect god : George Washington, his slaves, and the creation of America / Henry Wiencek. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. - 404 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 364-390) and index.
Introduction : General's dream -- Home ground -- On the borderland -- The widow Custis -- A life honorable and amusing -- A scheme in Williamsburg -- So sacred a war as this -- A different destiny -- "A sort of shadowy life" -- The great escape.
0374175268 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2003006984
Washington, George, 1732-1799.
Washington, George, 1732-1799 --Relations with slaves.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Slavery--Political aspects--History--United States--18th century.
United States--Politics and government--1775-1783.
E312.17 / .W6 2003
973.4/1/092 B