Also recommend the current Mount Vernon exhibition on George Washington and slavery. The names of the enslaved men and women at Mount Vernon are engraved on the glass walls at the entrance. Powerful to see. https://s3.amazonaws.com/mtv-main-assets/files/pages/lbt_entrance.jpg …
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Here's the exhibition link -- worth going to after the pandemic. It's running through July 2021:https://www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-visit/calendar/exhibitions/lives-bound-together-slavery-at-george-washington-s-mount-vernon/#g-157_m-lbt-entrance …
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While I agree that a reckoning with America's past use of slaves must be undertaken, part of the reckoning is accepting its historical understanding. There has not been a single civilization on every continent that has not had slaves. It's not American history, it's human history
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The first slaveholders in what is now the US were British.
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Thank you for this piece.
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Great piece. Thank you.
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Right on Michele. My history lesson protest! Great piece.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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This is the hardest conversation to have and people really need to look into slavery more. It was a lot more common thoughout the world and in every race. Stop putting 2020 ideologies on every century!
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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The names of the slaves he owned should be put on a plaque next to all of his statues.
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