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George Washington's Early Years
George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, at his family’s plantation on Pope’s Creek in Westmoreland County, in the British colony of Virginia, to Augustine Washington (1694-1743) and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington (1708-89).
George, the eldest of Augustine and Mary Washington’s six children, spent much of his childhood at Ferry Farm, a plantation near Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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After Washington’s father died when he was 11, it’s likely he helped his mother manage the plantation.
Did you know? At the time of his death in 1799, George Washington owned some 300 enslaved people.
However, before his passing, he had become opposed to slavery, and in his will, he ordered that his enslaved workers be freed after his wife's death.
Few details about Washington’s early education are known, although children of prosperous families like his typically were taught at home by private tutors or attended private schools.
It’s believed he finished