Congress to honor slaves who built Capitol

From: Miami Times | Date: June 21, 2005| Author: | Copyright information

Greve, Frank
Miami Times
06-21-2005
In George Washington's day, slaves rented out by Maryland and Virginia
farmers for $5 a month held many of the federal construction jobs in the
new capital. Visitors 200 years ago wrote of the irony of slaves building
the first temples of freedom, the Capitol and what was then called
"President's House."

But that history had nearly died until last month, when leaders in the
House of Representatives and Senate, in a bipartisan moment, approved a
task force to recognize the slaves' role.

"I'm proud that this country has finally stepped up to admit to the awful
...

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