i love american history. ive been to mount vernon multiple times. its impossible to visit the location, which is so significant to american history, and ignore the fact that hundreds of people - owned by george washington - ran the place. its the whole story.
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He enslaved a lot of people
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research Oney Judge if you want something interesting about ol George and how he tried very hard to evade the laws of Pennsylvania re: freeing slaves.
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"I owned people" is a fact that is more salient than the false "I cannot tell a lie."
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"I want these humans to be free, but not until I'm dead and I can't force them to take care of me & my business anymore."
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Thinking about Mount Rushmore and how we... Ahem... Acquired it for carving.
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We need to teach it in schools. And not just a note. There needs to be chapters on how the United States was built on n the backs of slaves.
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