(Wikimedia Commons)īefore the Civil War, nearly 4 million black slaves toiled in the American South. To understand the present, we must look to the past.Ī painting depicts George Washington and workers on his plantation. When we celebrate American freedom, we must also be mindful of the long and painful struggle to share in those freedoms that faced and continue to face generations of African Americans. No issue has more scarred our country nor had more long-term effects than slavery. O my great Lord keep me from sinking down.
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