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The newspaper page displays an advertisement that Thomson Mason posted for buyers of enslaved persons. This copy of the Gazette was obtained from the Maryland State Archives, Annapolis.

The newspaper page displays an advertisement that Thomson Mason posted for buyers of enslaved persons. This copy of the Gazette was obtained from the Maryland State Archives, Annapolis,

This work was among the medical books willed to George Mason by his uncle, John Mercer.

This excerpt from the account book of William Carlin, a tailor in Alexandria, Virginia, shows a record of George Mason IV buying clothes for his family and enslaved personal servant named James, who was the "livery" of Gunston Hall. This originally…

This book was among the science texts bequeathed to George Mason by his uncle John Mercer

This work was among the medical books willed to George Mason by his uncle, John Mercer.

This image depicts an enslaved woman and child with their white owners in South Carolina in 1863.

This illustration depicts enslaved individuals socializing in a cabin settlement on their Louisiana plantation during the early 1860s.