"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"
Plaque at Mount Vernon in honor of West Ford
This is a plaque that was placed at the entry of the Mount Vernon Slave cemtery for slave burial area. It mentions West Ford: West Ford (1784-1863), a freed slave who was hird by the Washington family in the 19th century; is also thought to be buried here. The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association sought his advice on the early restoratoin of the estate.
