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I Cannot Tell a Lie: The True Story of George Washington's African American Descendants

Linda Bryant

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Description:" THE FIRST PRESIDENTDocumented national history states that the nation's first president had no children. But the oral history of the descendants of this African American family tells a different story.THE CONTROVERSYMany people will believe the story of George Washington fathering a slave son. Others will find it difficult, if not impossible, to believe that Washington had an intimate relationship with a slave named Venus. Their fateful union during the era of antebellum slavery produced a son, West Ford.THE SECRETAs time and space distanced the Ford family from its beginnings at Mount Vernon, each generation continued to walk a precarious line, bearing the weight of their heritage and battling issues of skin color, status, and identity. Linda Allen Bryant, a descendant of West Ford, pens her family's narrative history in I Cannot Tell a Lie . Their genealogy is rich in adventure, love, tragedy, sacrifice and courage-a story that will haunt you long after you turn the last page. "We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with I Cannot Tell a Lie: The True Story of George Washington's African American Descendants. To get started finding I Cannot Tell a Lie: The True Story of George Washington's African American Descendants, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: " THE FIRST PRESIDENTDocumented national history states that the nation's first president had no children. But the oral history of the descendants of this African American family tells a different story.THE CONTROVERSYMany people will believe the story of George Washington fathering a slave son. Others will find it difficult, if not impossible, to believe that Washington had an intimate relationship with a slave named Venus. Their fateful union during the era of antebellum slavery produced a son, West Ford.THE SECRETAs time and space distanced the Ford family from its beginnings at Mount Vernon, each generation continued to walk a precarious line, bearing the weight of their heritage and battling issues of skin color, status, and identity. Linda Allen Bryant, a descendant of West Ford, pens her family's narrative history in I Cannot Tell a Lie . Their genealogy is rich in adventure, love, tragedy, sacrifice and courage-a story that will haunt you long after you turn the last page. "We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with I Cannot Tell a Lie: The True Story of George Washington's African American Descendants. To get started finding I Cannot Tell a Lie: The True Story of George Washington's African American Descendants, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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