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Erasing Slavery from Washington's Legacy | Spokane News
A major historical exhibit at Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park—once a powerful, unflinching look at the lives of nine enslaved people who served George Washington—is being replaced by a version critics say whitewashes the brutality of slavery. The original display, lauded for centering the voices and suffering of those often erased from history, is now being replaced with a sanitized narrative, sparking outrage among historians and former collaborators. The shift raises urgent questions about how we choose to remember America’s founding, especially its most painful truths…
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