The Presentation of Slavery at Mount Vernon: Power Priviledge, and Historical Truth

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dc.contributor.advisorMoghadam, Lindaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMcGill, Keeleyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentSociologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2005-08-03T14:52:03Z
dc.date.available2005-08-03T14:52:03Z
dc.date.issued2005-06-22en_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough the labor of enslaved Africans and Black Americans played a large part in the history of colonial America, the presentation of slavery at George Washington's Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens is, for the most part, incomplete and leaves visitors with an inaccurate impression of the reality of slavery. This research utilizes questionnaires completed by visitors on-site and field observations of various historical interpretations at Mount Vernon to answer two major research questions: (1) How is slavery portrayed at Mount Vernon? and (2) To what degree are visitors critical of the story of slavery told at Mount Vernon? The results indicated that the presentation of slavery is inconsistent and that the history of slaves at Mount Vernon is marginalized and easily avoided by most visitors.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/2561
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociology, Ethnic and Racial Studiesen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHistory, Blacken_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHistory, United Statesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledslaveryen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledMount Vernonen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledGeorge Washingtonen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledVirginiaen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledraceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcolonialen_US
dc.titleThe Presentation of Slavery at Mount Vernon: Power Priviledge, and Historical Truthen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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