In order to build the White House, the U.S. paid white slavemasters for black enslaved labor. #receiptspic.twitter.com/j7Z0OKPfOj
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In order to build the White House, the U.S. paid white slavemasters for black enslaved labor. #receiptspic.twitter.com/j7Z0OKPfOj
White House construction began in 1792; was complete enough to start housing presidents in 1800. No slaves were paid a penny to build that.
Story about Philip Reid being paid to build White House? Hmm. Let's see. For starters, he was purchased as a child by a white slaveowner.
Philip Reid was born in 1820, 30 years after White House construction began and 20 years after presidents made it their primary residence.
Philip Reid, an enslaved black man, worked on the Statue of Freedom in 1862, nearly a century after the White House was first built.
The irony: they had a black enslaved man building the Statue of Freedom... #Merica
Philip Reid's was paid some money for working on the Statue of Freedom; he also got his freedom after working on it for about two years.
Reid's story is extraordinary because it didn't work like that for most slaves. He also worked on a statue—not on building the WH itself.
So please lay to rest this idea what black slaves were getting paid to build the White House—white slavemasters were the ones making money.
They def need'd to 'check it', I see people even now saying 'well only part of it was built by slaves'.
It is true that only part of it was built by slaves—slaves who weren't paid a penny for their work. @Schenck
I like the word "Part" because it implies that all the work was distributed equally. Very Poor Context.
Also, this is 'a house' like Lincoln's "a house divided', it extends beyond the literal whitehouse.
This country built by slaves, Yes, in part. To your good point: part isn't equal pieces, can b critical pieces!
white supremacy is a powerful drug.
They had to check it because too many white folks in this country don't know shit about history.
new to many whites? New to Trump folks?
for far too many it is a "new" fact. :/
and the source was "the White House website". Like all they had to do to check the fact was google. it.
@PolitiFact kinda sick, right?
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