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Early Years and Marriage Custis was born in Northampton County, at the Hungars Creek plantation of his parents, John Custis (ca. 1654–1714), later a member of the governor’s Council, and his first wife, Margaret Michael Custis. A bequest of £100 from his grandfather John Custis (ca. 1629–1696), also a member of the governor’s Council, helped support his education in England, where for almost seven years he studied the intricacies of the tobacco trade with the London consignment merchant Micajah Perry. Indirect evidence in a commonplace book Custis compiled suggests that he also had s...

SOURCES: Jesse J. Holland, Author and Assistant Professor at George Washington University Mary Elliott, Curator of American Slavery at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ANSWER: George Washington owned hundreds of enslaved people throughout his life. While his views on the institution of slavery shifted in his later years, he made private efforts to prevent his slaves from claiming their freedom and never spoke publicly about abolition until his death. PROCESS: From ripped down statues to renamed landmarks, communities are reexamining how to remember and h...

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-- a 23-year-old daniel park of herndon was struck by the taxi cab after he got out of the car. the cdc is under fire for playing down the health risk of lead in d.c. tap water. a report will be released next week that rebukes the cdc for saying in 2004 that elevated lead levels did not pose a public health threat. the report urges the cdc to publish an article detailing the dangers of lead in drinking water and the health risks to children. 6:06, 51 degrees. still to come, campaign 2012. kemperpresident obama makes his reelection desires official. >> and will butler have ...

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