colony of Virginia, to Augustine Washington and his second wife, Mary Ball Washington. George, the eldest of Augustine and Mary Washington's six children, spent much of his childhood at Ferry Farm, a plantation near Fredericksburg, Virginia. After Washington's father died when he was 11, he helped his mother manage the plantation.
Not much is known about Washington's early education, although children of prosperous families like his typically were taught at home by private tutors or attended private…
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