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7.9 Assignment

7.9 Assignment

Q 1. According to the film Africans in America: How did George Washington become one of the most wealthy planters in Virginia? What was the relationship between slavery and his elite status? What role did Martha Dandridge Custis play in Washington's rise, and what does her story reveal about the status of white women in relation to marriage and property ownership during the colonial period?

Q (i) What is the object of this petition? (ii) What enlightenment principles does the petition invoke? (iii) What is the significance of the slaves' view to go to Africa if freed?

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Washington resigned his command in 1758 and returned to civilian life. He enlarged his Mount Vernon estate and started leading life of a typical Virginia planter. He continued to acquire land in the Shenandoah Valley and collected almost 30 acres of land along the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. These lands were quite fertile and turned out to be largely profitable after the Ohio River Valley was politically linked. He