read censored history, thwart fascists.

A 64-page standard-size, full-color zine documenting the National Park Service’s “Life Under Slavery at George Washington House” Exhibit—removed by the government January 22, 2026 in an act of censorship.

Zineification by Amanda Wyatt Visconti. Exhibit & its text: the National Park Service (NPS); photos of exhibit: Stan Horowitz, NPS, Michaela Althouse/PhillyVoice, Historical Marker Database, William Fischer, Jr., Danny Freeman, the Association for Public Art, John Theibault, Matt Rourke, Tom Gralish, Nancy Kassam-Adams, A.P. Howell; photos & panel transcription: Devry Becker Jones.

• CC Zero.
• Current version: v4, 1/29/2026 with a missing panel and its text. Previously: v3, 1/28/2027; v2, 1/27/2026 (PM) with significant additions to photos and design, relayout for clearer reading order; v1, 1/27/2026 (AM).

Available now:

• Full-color PDF of zine: suitable for reading on your computer, or printing in full color

Coming eventually?:

• Readable photo version of the “The Dirty Business of Slavery” panels, including the timeline and its illustrations, should someone have a photo where these are legible zoomed in
• Accessible text transcript version?
• Zine Bakery catalogue entry for this zine containing blurb, descriptive metadata, etc.
• Printing & assembly instructions.