Posted on 05/28/2010 1:30:39 PM PDT by cripplecreek
I must have read about it in A Patriot’s History of the United States....because I recall that as well....I am pretty sure I was never taught that in grade school though. This is a great show today. Long overdue.
This needs to be taught. Not that slavery should be forgotten but teaching of the black founders might build pride rather than resentment.
Wm Lee w/GW: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lee_(valet) "...Valet" http://www.mountvernon.org/visit/plan/index.cfm/pid/211/ "Last Will & Testament of George Washington" http://livingtrustnetwork.com/information-center/last-wills-and-testaments/wills-of-the-rich-and-famous/last-will-and-testament-of-george-washington.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lee_(valet)
“...Valet” http://www.mountvernon.org/visit/plan/index.cfm/pid/211/
“Last Will & Testament of George Washington” http://livingtrustnetwork.com/information-center/last-wills-and-testaments/wills-of-the-rich-and-famous/last-will-and-testament-of-george-washington.html
(Live links)
I once read that George Washington was known as the best horseman in the colonies and William Lee was the second best.
Frederick Douglass:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p1539.html
http://www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio.html
“Rock Stars of the Revolution”
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/39877/
The truth is that whites from the beginning freed slaves and fought to free them. They hid them, they helped with the underground railroad. Perhaps it wasn’t the goal of the Civil War, but it was a benefit we all wanted. We lost our pride in the fact that we ended slavery....that’s how I was taught our history.
Even in my little town in upstate NY, we have homes with hidden passages and hiding spots for those traveling along the underground railroad. People forget that when they blame all of us.
Late, but consider me here...sort of...
How different would things be today if this history, these stories weren’t hidden from all of us?
Samuel Adams owned a slave for a few short minutes. She was given to Adams wife and he announced that she would not live under his roof as a slave. He pronounced her free from the moment she crossed the threshhold.
Her name was Surrey if anyone is interested in digging up the story.
“The American Friends of Lafayette: 27 Reasons Why We Should Honor General Lafayette:”
http://www.friendsoflafayette.org/data/27reasons.html
“Lafayette, James Armistead (1760-1832)”
http://www.blackpast.org/?q=aah/lafayette-james-armistead-1760-1832
“Frederick Douglass (1817-1895)”
http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/inside.asp?ID=38&subjectID=2
“Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln”
Frederick Douglass
April 14, 1876
Delivered at the Unveiling of The Freedmen’s Monument in Memory of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C.
http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/index.asp?documentprint=39
Mtn Ilk in. Another warm day here in the Colorado Rockies. Deciduous trees just starting to get leaf buds starting to open. Good show today.
Always a beautiful sight to watch the rebirth of nature.
African Americans in the Revolutionary War: Photos/Images: http://www.oxfordaasc.com/public/features/archive/0907/photo_essay.jsp?page=1
“A Biography of Luther Martin 1748-1826”
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/B/lmartin/lmartin.htm
Anti-Slavery Collection:
http://dlxs.library.cornell.edu/m/mayantislavery/browse_B.html
“John Trumbull”
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Trumbull
“How to Understand Slavery and the American Founding”
Published on August 26, 2002 by Matthew Spalding, Ph.D.
http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2002/08/How-to-Understand-Slavery-and-Americas
He’s not a founder but George Washington Carver has been a personal hero of mine since I was in about the 3rd grade.
The man knew his way around peanuts.
Gleen needs to do important shows like these with fewer commercial interruptions.
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