Isbn: 9780595664429 - i cannot tell a lie: the true story of george washington's african american descendants (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 470 pages. 9.50x6.40x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 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.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnTHE FIRST PRESIDENT Documented 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. .