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Hercules Posey

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Hercules Posey (c. 1748 – May 15, 1812) was an enslaved African American held at George Washington's plantation Mount Vernon in Virginia. "Uncle Harkless," as he was called by a grandson of Martha Washington, served as chief cook at the Mansion House for many years.

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