You didn’t build the White House; slaves did. “Slaves were the largest labor pool when Congress in 1790 decided to create a new national capital along the Potomac surrounded by the two slave-owning states of Maryland and Virginia,” according to the June 1, 2005, Associated Press article “Capitol Slave Labor Studied” published in The Washington Times. It is estimated that over 400 slaves were used to help build the U.S. Capitol. Did you know that twelve American presidents owned slaves?
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