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6 Cincinnatus and the World of Improvement

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction The Life of a Husbandman 1
  4. 1 The Experiments of a Virginia Planter 20
  5. 2 The Agricultural Foundations of Independence 49
  6. 3 Mount Vernon in Wartime 78
  7. 4 New Farming in a New Nation 102
  8. 5 Enslaved Agricultural Labor at Mount Vernon 134
  9. 6 Cincinnatus and the World of Improvement 171
  10. 7 The Farmer President 202
  11. 8 Agriculture and the Path to Emancipation 236
  12. Epilogue The Reputation of a Farmer 277
  13. Abbreviations 295
  14. Notes 297
  15. Acknowledgments 345
  16. Index 351
Washington at the Plow
This chapter is in the book Washington at the Plow
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674269897-007

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Introduction The Life of a Husbandman 1
  4. 1 The Experiments of a Virginia Planter 20
  5. 2 The Agricultural Foundations of Independence 49
  6. 3 Mount Vernon in Wartime 78
  7. 4 New Farming in a New Nation 102
  8. 5 Enslaved Agricultural Labor at Mount Vernon 134
  9. 6 Cincinnatus and the World of Improvement 171
  10. 7 The Farmer President 202
  11. 8 Agriculture and the Path to Emancipation 236
  12. Epilogue The Reputation of a Farmer 277
  13. Abbreviations 295
  14. Notes 297
  15. Acknowledgments 345
  16. Index 351
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