"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"
Locations
Tombstone of Major George W. Ford at Camp Butler Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. George W. Ford was a career national cemetery superintendent at Camp Butler for 24 years. Photo by...
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Tombstone of Dr. James "Irvine" Ford, son of Major George Ford. Photo by Angela Allen Henry.
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This is a view of Camp Butler with admin building and grounds with vistors.
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Wayne Ford, son of Harrison and Joyce Ford and Candy Lynn Ford Webb, daughter of Bruce and Delores Ford. The cousins visited Mount Vernon in 2018.
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Angela and Homer Henry at the Buffalo Solider's Museum in Kansas 2018.
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Angela Allen Henry at the Buffalo Soldier's Museum in 2018. She was there for research on Major George Ford. Photo credit Homer Henry.
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Siblings visiting graves of James O. Allen (husband of Elise Ford Allen), Major George Ford, (grandson of West Ford, and grandfather of Elise Ford Allen). Left to right: Joy Allen Stone,...
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*West Ford was willed 160 acres of land adjoining Mount Vernon in 1829, making him the richest black man in Virgina at that time. He later sold his land and purchased...
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This is a photo of a plaque at the Mount Vernon slave cemetery which reads: West Ford (1784-1863), a fomeraly enslaved dman who was hired by the Washington family in the 19th century, is...
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This is a display of West Ford at the Mount Vernon Museum, 2022. It discusses his management of Mount Vernon and his assistance with the renovation process requested by the Mount Vernon...
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