"I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids--and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me."

 - Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man"

Foundation

Welcome to the Legacy of West Ford’s official website. The story of George Washington’s African American descendants is a complex, multi-layered story and in that vein, this website...

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