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Posted on Wed, Jul 04, 2007
Funeral ceremony celebrates the legacy of Washington's slaves
Nine Philadelphia slaves received their proper funeral yesterday, some 200 years after their deaths. Nine Africans, held in bondage by President George Washington when Philadelphia was the capital of the nation and slaves toiled all over town, were eulogized by nine children brought together to honor and remember them. »Read story
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