{"exhibit":{"id":24,"title":"Health and Wellness of Enslaved People","description":"<p>George Mason IV most likely knew that the life of enslaved people was hard. Tutored at a young age by his uncle John Mercer, Mason spent much of his childhood in a private study reading. Mercer gave texts to his bookish nephew, including the latest publications on science and medicine. T<span>hese works would be absorbed into the Gunston Hall library and bequeathed to subsequent generations.\u00a0 Thus, it is probable that George Mason IV entered adulthood as a man versed in 18<sup>th<\/sup>-century ideas of health. \u00a0Given his body of knowledge, did he care that the workers on his property suffered (bodily and pyschologically) from the abuses of slavery? Did he seek to help or treat them, and did the enslaved people of Gunston Hall try to heal themselves?<\/span><\/p>","credits":"Farhaj Murshed","featured":0,"public":1,"theme":null,"theme_options":null,"slug":"health-of-the-enslaved","added":"2023-03-30 20:07:25","modified":"2023-03-30 20:07:25","owner_id":1,"use_summary_page":1,"cover_image_file_id":null},"item":{"id":95,"item_type_id":null,"collection_id":5,"featured":0,"public":1,"added":"2023-03-30 20:07:04","modified":"2023-03-30 20:07:04","owner_id":1}}