List of enslaved people of Mount Vernon

There were several notable enslaved people of Mount Vernon, established by George Washington in Fairfax County, Virginia prior to the American Revolutionary War.

William Lee, who was frequently by George Washington's side, was one of the most publicized enslaved people in Colonial America.

Christopher Sheels was a long-time house servant of Washington's who made escape plans in 1799 that were unsuccessful.

During the American Revolutionary War, Harry Washington escaped from slavery in Virginia and served as a corporal in the Black Pioneers attached to a British artillery unit.

In 1792 he joined nearly 1,200 freedmen for resettlement in Sierra Leone, where they set up a colony of free people of color.

Washington out on the plantation, with Mount Vernon in background, by Junius Brutus Stearns (1851)
William Costin in 1842
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Detail from The Washington Family by Edward Savage (1789–96). The person pictured here is probably Christopher Sheels . [ a ] [ 7 ]
1830 engraving of a map of Mount Vernon, General Washington's estate and mansion, that was originally drawn by Washington. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C.