“Was the WH in fact, built with slave labor? That thought had not occurred to me before. I’m not sure what difference it makes anyway.”
It was built in slave territory (obviously), in exchange for Southerners accepting Hamilton’s debt assumption plan (what a crappy deal). Slave territory, by the way, eventually became the cradle of the Democrat party.
“I’m pretty sure slaves were not used when it was gutted and rebuilt during Truman’s term.”
Did the armed forces participate? Because they had involuntary servants.
I don’t think the construction crew in Truman’s term was not military. I haven’t researched it and so manors peaking with authority.