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The Carlyle House Historic Park in Old Town Alexandria invites the public to its new exhibit, “Don’t Get ■Weary: African Americans in 18thCentury Alexandria," which opens Saturday, Jan. 15 and continued through Aug. 28.
“Don’t Get Weary,” taken from a black spiritual, addresses the often•negelected subject of African Americans, both slave and free, in the 1700’s, focusing on the lifestyles and experiences of blacks in skilled and domestic positions.
The exhibit is funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Carlyle House, one of only 36 recipients throughout the United States, was awarded the NEH grant last spring. 1 ■ “I am extremely grateful for the Carlyle House staff whose hard work has resulted in the grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities as well as a meaningful historic exhibit in which the citizens of Alexandria and Northern Virginia can take great pride,” commented Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority (NVRPA) Executive Director Darrell G. Winslow. ■ Additional financial support has been given by NVRPA which owns and operates the Carlyle House and 16 other regional parks. Corporations, such as Virginia Power and Burke and Herbert Bank and Trust Co., organizations and individuals ace contributing to the support of special interpretive and educational programs and field trips for school children.
“Although slavery is a subject which is disturbing to people of all races, it should be fully explored to realize a complete picture of life in early America,” said Julia Claypool, Carlyle House Administrator, r.; “African Americans and their ;many contributions are an important part of the heritage of Alexandria.
Facets of African-American history such as family life, types of vyork, community, importance of religion, living accommodations, personal possessions, free time, forms of resistance and punishment are .themes central to an understanding ,qf what life was like for the black population.” ^
An essential part of the exhibit is the eight mannequins representing Carlyle’s slaves which will be on View in scenes in six rooms of the house. The mannequins will be clothed in accurately designed reproductions and will be in the same .Settings where slaves originally
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