{"product_id":"i-cannot-tell-a-lie-the-true-story-of-george-washingtons-african-american-descendants-0595664423","title":"I Cannot Tell A Lie: The True Story of George Washington's African American Descendants","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0595664423\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bryant, Linda Allen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE FIRST PRESIDENTDocumented national history states that the nation's first president had no children. But the oral history of the descendants of this African American family tells a different story.THE CONTROVERSYMany people will believe the story of George Washington fathering a slave son. Others will find it difficult, if not impossible, to believe that Washington had an intimate relationship with a slave named Venus. Their fateful union during the era of antebellum slavery produced a son, West Ford.THE SECRETAs time and space distanced the Ford family from its beginnings at Mount Vernon, each generation continued to walk a precarious line, bearing the weight of their heritage and battling issues of skin color, status, and identity. Linda Allen Bryant, a descendant of West Ford, pens her family's narrative history in I Cannot Tell a Lie. Their genealogy is rich in adventure, love, tragedy, sacrifice and courage-a story that will haunt you long after you turn the last page.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51955565003040,"sku":"NEW0595664423","price":36.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/i-cannot-tell-a-lie-the-true-story-of-george-washingtons-african-american-descendants-0595664423","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}