Thomas 6th Lord Fairfax granted the 1,750 acres on which the slave quarters now stand to Anthony Russell, a prosperous planter, justice and parish vestryman, in 1728. Russell sold the land in 1748 ...

David Rubenstein, a leading Washington philanthropist and history buff, pledged the $3.5 million needed to rebuild the slave quarters next to the mansion in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

It's a slave quarters, once common, now fragile relics. About 100 quarters survive in Maryland, and of those, only about a half-dozen are accessible to the public, said state architectural ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — One-time slave quarters will be recreated at former U.S. President Thomas Jefferson’s home, and more of the Declaration of Independence writer’s living quarters will be ...

The tour provides insight into the lives and contributions of the slaves who built and operated the plantation home of George and Martha Washington. The tour includes living quarters, working ...

Eggs, chickens, ducks, melons, cucumbers, and honey all found their way from the quarters to the mansion table over the years. Washington's slaves also sold their chickens in Alexandria ...

David Rubenstein, a leading Washington philanthropist and history buff, pledged the $3.5 million needed to rebuild the slave quarters next to the mansion in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

David Rubenstein, a leading Washington philanthropist and history buff, pledged the $3.5 million needed to rebuild the slave quarters next to the mansion in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.