Notes towards a black history of George Washington

Note: The following is based completely on statements and works by Black Americans. Some of it is cut and pasted straight from Phillis Wheatley, Frederick Douglass, Assata Shakur and Randall Robinson. Other important sources: Henry Louis Gates, Jr, Annette Gordon-Reed, Kai Wright and Washington descendant Linda Allen Bryant. George Washington (1700s) was an American president, the … Continue reading Notes towards a black history of George Washington