Intertwined: The Soundtrack

02/14/22 • 43 min

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Intertwined: The Enslaved Community at George Washington’s Mount Vernon

Intertwined is a story about the entangled lives of Mount Vernon’s enslaved community, the Washington Family, and the legacies of slavery at the historic plantation today. The stories we tell in the series are stories of a shared past that continues to shape us all.

Music was an essential part of life in eighteenth-century America. It remains so our in own time. Music helps us to experience collectively life’s great joys and its darkest moments in a way that generations past would still recognize.

The soundtrack for Intertwined captures the spirit of each individual episode and the journey we take together over the course of the series. We’ve assembled a collection of artists whose modern work and vocal performances draw us into the past from the perspective of our present. We invite you to listen here.

Trailer: "Deer" by ANBR (Artlist) - 01:29
Main Title: "A Tender Heart" by The David Roy Collective (Artlist) - 04:38
Episode 1: "Sin's Deceitfulness" By Jordan Hatfield (Artlist)- 06:34
Episode 2: "In The Clouds" by Be Still The Earth (Artlist) -14:32
Episode 3: "The River Brethren" by Doug Kaufman (Artlist) - 18:29
Episode 4: "Songbird" by Doug Kaufman (Artlist) -22:52
Episode 5: "Close" by Eleven Tales (Artlist) - 25:26
Episode 6: "Valhalla" by Searching for Light (Artlist) - 30:49
Episode 7: "Perception" by Borrtex (Artlist) - 32:25
Episode 8a: "Those Who Wait" by We Dream of Eden (Artlist) - 37:54
Episode 8b: "Sit Down Servant, Sit Down" performed by Larry Earl Jr., Christina Lane and Willie Wright (MVLA) - 40:36

All music, except for "Sit Down Servant, Sit Down," was sourced from Artlist.io. "Sit Down Servant, Sit Down" is a production of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.

Intertwined is narrated by Brenda Parker and is a production of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association and CD Squared. Full transcripts, show notes, and bibliographies for Intertwined are available at www.georgewashingtonpodcast.com.

Trailer: "Deer" by ANBR (Artlist) - 01:29
Main Title: "A Tender Heart" by The David Roy Collective (Artlist) - 04:38
Episode 1: "Sin's Deceitfulness" By Jordan Hatfield (Artlist)- 06:34
Episode 2: "In The Clouds" by Be Still The Earth (Artlist) -14:32
Episode 3: "The River Brethren" by Doug Kaufman (Artlist) - 18:29
Episode 4: "Songbird" by Doug Kaufman (Artlist) -22:52
Episode 5: "Close" by Eleven Tales (Artlist) - 25:26
Episode 6: "Valhalla" by Searching for Light (Artlist) - 30:49
Episode 7: "Perception" by Borrtex (Artlist) - 32:25
Episode 8a: "Those Who Wait" by We Dream of Eden (Artlist) - 37:54
Episode 8b: "Sit Down Servant, Sit Down" performed by Larry Earl Jr., Christina Lane and Willie Wright (MVLA) - 40:36

All music, except for "Sit Down Servant, Sit Down," was sourced from Artlist.io. "Sit Down Servant, Sit Down" is a production of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association.

Previous Episode

Episode 8: Legacies

Episode 8: "Legacies"

Interpreting slavery at Mount Vernon was not part of the mission of the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association when the organization purchased the estate in the mid-nineteenth century. Over time, however, investigating the people enslaved at Mount Vernon and educating the public about their lives and legacies has become central to the Association’s work. In our final episode, we look at how interpreting slavery has become intertwined with interpreting the Washingtons at Mount Vernon, and collaborative efforts by the Association and the Descendants Community to tell a story of lives bound together.

Featuring:

Jessie MacLeod, Associate Curator, George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Dr. Lydia Mattice Brandt, Associate Professor of Art History, University of South Carolina
Dr. Scott Casper, President, The American Antiquarian Society
Rebecca Baird, Archivist, Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington
Ann Louise Chinn, Founder, The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project
Donald Francisco, History Interpreter, George Washington’s Mount Vernon and United States Army, Retired
Dr. Jason Boroughs, Research Archaeologist, George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Dr. Marcus Nevius, Associate Professor of History and African Studies, University of Rhode Island
Judge Rohulamin Quander, President and Founder, Quander Historical and Educational Society
Dr. Douglas Bradburn, President and CEO, George Washington’s Mount Vernon
Stephen Hammond, Syphax Family Historian and Scientist Emeritus, The United States Geological Survey
William Norwood Holland, Jr., J.D., retired, National Labor Relations Board

Full transcripts, show notes, and bibliographies available at www.georgewashingtonpodcast.com.

Next Episode

Intertwined Stories: Finding Hercules Posey

In Intertwined Stories, we’re taking a deeper dive into the history behind the podcast Intertwined: The Enslaved Community at George Washington’s Mount Vernon by bringing you extended versions of some of the interviews with the series' contributors.

In Episode 5 of Intertwined we encountered Hercules Posey, a man enslaved by the Washingtons, worked as their chef, and who self-emancipated from Mount Vernon in February 1797. For over 200 years, we had little idea of Posey’s whereabouts after he left the plantation. But thanks to recent research, now we do.

To learn more about Hercules Posey, we talked to Ramin Ganeshram. She’s a chef herself, historian, and the Executive Director of the Westport Museum for History and Culture in Westport, Connecticut.

Intertwined’s co-creator Jeanette Patrick served as the lead interviewer for our conversation with Ganeshram. We pick up the story with Posey’s flight to freedom in February 1797. And you won’t believe what happens next.