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Trump Admin Rewrites Slavery Exhibit | Lafayette Louisiana News
The Trump administration has replaced a powerful 2010 exhibit at George Washington’s Philadelphia home that detailed the lives of nine enslaved people with a new version—part of a broader effort to downplay America’s painful past and emphasize national “greatness.” Critics, including Philadelphia’s mayor and historians, call the move shameful and a whitewashing of history, noting key details like slave trade maps were removed. Though the Interior Department insists slavery’s horrors are still acknowledged, the revised panels have sparked legal battles—with a federal appeals court recently…
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