Contents

1. INTRODUCTION ◦ The Life of a Husbandman
2. 1  ◦  The Experiments of a Virginia Planter
3. 2  ◦  The Agricultural Foundations of Independence
4. 3  ◦  Mount Vernon in Wartime
5. 4  ◦  New Farming in a New Nation
6. 5  ◦  Enslaved Agricultural Labor at Mount Vernon
7. 6  ◦  Cincinnatus and the World of Improvement
8. 7  ◦  The Farmer President
9. 8  ◦  Agriculture and the Path to Emancipation
10. EPILOGUE ◦ The Reputation of a Farmer
11. Abbreviations
12. Notes
13. Acknowledgments
14. Index