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17. I'm watching the History show "Washington" - Highly recommend it

Mon Feb 17, 2020, 12:05 PM

Feb 2020

They didn't whitewash the fact he owned slaves. It did point out that the one person Washington relied on and confided in was his personal slave , last name Lee - can't remember his first name , who traveled with him in the early days of the Revolution.

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