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• jimbolauski@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  No because Washington didn’t use the revolutionary war to enact slavery.

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  • PizzaMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    He had slaves. And that was racist regardless of his opinion on the matter. He explicitly called for the genocide of natives.

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    • jimbolauski@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You are definitely going to need a source for that claim.

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      • PizzaMan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Cultural genocide:

        • en.wikipedia.org/…/Cultural_assimilation_of_Nativ…

        Land theft:

        • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Indian_War

        • …wustl.edu/…/george-washingtons-dishonorable-rela…

        The natives quite literally called him “Town Destroyer” because he burned their homes, land, crops, and kidnapped any native around:

        • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_Destroyer

        • frieze.com/…/george-washington-town-destroyer

        • usnews.com/…/town-destroyer-versus-the-iroquois-i…

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