Out of the seven ‘Founding Fathers,’ only John Adams and Samuel Adams didn’t own slaves. Both men were Northerners. Thomas Jefferson and George Washington hailed from Virginia and considered slavery ...
In 1943 when Congress okayed the establishment of The George Washington Carver National Monument, it was a powerful tribute ...
Among them, there was Hercules Posey, an enslaved man who worked as George Washington’s personal chef at Mount ... a visiting scholar with the African American studies department at U.C. Berkeley, ...
An average American child knows who Abraham Lincoln is. She or he also knows who George ... Washington D.C., also reminds Americans all the time that this guy Washington was their Founding Father.
When someone asked Randolph Russell for his opinion about what Founding Father of this country had the most impact, he said, “Without hesitation, George Washington.” Then, Randolph explained ...
Among them, there was Hercules Posey, an enslaved man who worked as George Washington’s personal ... a visiting scholar with the African American studies department at U.C. Berkeley, once ...