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Digging For the Truth About Slavery ... And Finding It!

• DID YOU KNOW THAT GEORGE WASHINGTON OWNED BLACK PEOPLE AS SLAVES?
• DID YOU KNOW THAT HE OWNED 316 OF THEM IN VIRGINIA & TRANSPORTED 9 TO PHILADELPHIA?
• DID YOU KNOW THAT HE TRANSPORTED THEM TO AMERICA'S FIRST "WHITE HOUSE," WHICH WAS IN PHILADELPHIA AT 6TH & MARKET WHERE THE LIBERTY BELL IS NOW LOCATED?
• DID YOU KNOW THAT A MEMORIAL WILL BE BUILT THERE TO HONOR THOSE 9 AND ALL OTHER BLACKS WHO WERE ENSLAVED IN AMERICA?
• DID YOU KNOW THAT, BEFORE THE MEMORIAL WILL BE BUILT, THERE IS AN ARCHEOLOGICAL DIG HAPPENING NOW TO DETERMINE IF THERE ARE ANY SLAVERY (OR WASHINGTON) ARTIFACTS UNDERGROUND?
• DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN ACTUALLY WATCH THE DIG WHILE IT IS HAPPENING & THAT YOU MIGHT EVEN SEE HISTORIC SLAVERY ARTIFACTS UNCOVERED?