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Neck shackles, circa 1840. (Collection of Tennessee State Museum)

Neck shackles, circa 1840. (Collection of Tennessee State Museum)

Neck shackles, circa 1840. (Collection of Tennessee State Museum)

George A. and Jane Washington and family posing on the front steps of the Wessyngton “big house,” about 1880. (Courtesy of the Tennessee State Library and Archives)
Jane Washington and her “Negro clothing book.” Jane supervised the production of clothing for nearly 300 slaves. On these pages she lists the names of slaves next to clothes they received in 1861.

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