Faith Tong Week 8- land of the freeee
Faith Tong Week 8 Land of the Freeee Since I wasn't really sure what to write about for this blog post, I searched up interesting facts about America and I found something quite shocking. Apparently, the White House was built by slaves? When America is called the Land of the Free? This is starting to sound a lot like hypocrisy, which I have come to a realization America does quite often throughout its history. (my face after realizing slaves really built the white house) It all started when the government officials realized they needed workers to build the White House. So they decided to ask workers in Europe to help them build the White House. Since not enough workers from Europe came, the government officials decided to ask enslaved and free African Americans to help build the White House for them. So picture this: a small amount of European workers alongside a majority amount of African-American workers. Is that really "The Land of the Free"? Not only did they help b...