Among His Slaves: George Mason, Slavery at Gunston Hall, and the Idealism of the American Revolution

"In Among His Slaves, teacher and historian Terry Dunn probes George Mason's surviving primary sources to tease out more about the enslaved individuals he owned, revealing names, ages, skills, or family ties. Mason's actions - and reactions - toward slaves in both the Mason and Eilbeck households affected and changed him. For those enslaved individuals whose acute desire for freedom remained paramount, the stories of their quests for freedom shed light on both master and slave." --