homestead. it s clear that after martha arrives at mt. vernon in april, there s a lot of management that she has to do. when she marries george washington she brings with her 12 house plays and that is really almost an unimaginable luxury. these are slaves not producing crops which is where your income is coming from. they are doing things like cooking, serving the table, cleaning the house, doing laundry. this is not productive labor in the sense that it s not producing income. so she brings the those slaves with her and she brings financial resources to the marriage as well as her managerial skills makes mt. vernon a successful operation and makes possible for washington to be away fighting a war. the fact that washington had the support system that enables him to volunteer his time and talent to run the revolution is critical. during most of the revolution is a distant cousin of george washington. alater in the 1970 s the farm manager is george augustine washington who i