Bringing to Light the Cuisine of Hercules Posey, George Washington's Enslaved Chef

On Feb. 22, 1797, while George Washington celebrated his 65th birthday at a ball in Philadelphia, his celebrated chef, Hercules Posey, slipped from the meager enslaved quarters at Mount Vernon,

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