The 2005 study found that slave labor was used to build the Capitol building between 1793 and 1826. You specifically referred to slaves being used to build the Capitol dome thirty-odd years later. There is no evidence showing slaves worked on that, and no evidence that they didn't either so your claim that they did may or may not be true. But that didn't stop you from making the claim without evidence to support it.
They certainly were used to build much of the rest of Washington DC and Lincoln was in no hurry to free them.
Congress freed them in D.C. in April 1862.
Pointing out your BS and lies takes up a considerable amount of time. Fortunately, I enjoy it so I’ll just keep right on doing it.
Well let's see. In the one original post I pointed out that you lied when you claimed Grant owned slaves through the Civil War and you lied on your blanket claim that slaves built the Capitol dome. And you're fighting my lies?
The 2005 study found that slave labor was used to build the Capitol building between 1793 and 1826. You specifically referred to slaves being used to build the Capitol dome thirty-odd years later. There is no evidence showing slaves worked on that, and no evidence that they didn’t either so your claim that they did may or may not be true. But that didn’t stop you from making the claim without evidence to support it.
I’ve seen accounts that they were used. No doubt the definitive proof is scant since slaves were not considered to be of any importance so their names were not noted for work performed. There was slavery in Washington DC during the war at the time the capital dome was completed. Slave labor had been used to construct several other government buildings including the White House.
Yes as I said, Lincoln was in no hurry.
“I am a little uneasy about the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia” Abe Lincoln March 24 1862 in a letter to Horace Greeley, New York Tribune editor
Well let’s see, you just lied when you claimed I lied by saying slaves built the capital dome since you have failed to provide any evidence that they did not. We know there was still slavery in Washington DC during the war.
As for the Grants, here is a source saying they did own slaves who were not freed until 1865.
http://www.american-presidents.org/2007/02/grant-was-slave-owner.html
Here is another saying his wife inherited 4 slaves.
https://www.answers.com/Q/Did_US_Grant_own_slaves
Any more BS and lies you want to spew?