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Slaves Not Only Built The South, But Also Created The Wealth Of The North
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 26255514:MV8yMzA1NTc0XzM5MjY3ODgxXzdDNUNDNzc4] Slaves made 3% of Southerners rich, that' all. The other 97% never owned any slaves. My family geneology goes back to the 1820's and we have record of one ancestor who owned 1 slave and that only lasted 5 years (?). He also owned a bridge across the James river in Virginia. Civil war deaths actually were around 600,000 the OP is correct though most deaths were due to disease. If slaves did build the Capitol and White House then they should be commemorated I agree. When it comes to people that Blacks celebrate why do no white abolitionists ever make the list or the Union soldiers who actually died fighting to free them? Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman get lots of ink. Just a thought anyway... [/quote]
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HISTORY IS full of surprises. Just when you think the past is safely behind you, some inquisitive soul discovers yet a few more pieces of paper that recasts how you look at our nation's history.
Consider our country's Capitol. Next time you visit Washington, D.C., gaze up at the bronze statue perched on top of the dome. It is called ``Freedom.'' Yet few admiring visitors know that 12 slaves not only cast the statue, but also devised a method for hoisting it up to its present pinnacle. Nor do most visitors know that some 400 slaves also built the Capitol Building and the White House as well.
The legacy of slavery, which has so profoundly affected our society and culture, is still being revealed.
Historians have long known that the slave trade flourished in the nation's capital until 1865. But they knew few details about the slaves who worked in Washington, D.C.
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