Founding Documents: Declaration of Independence
Civics 101
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The Rebellion of George Washington
Woody Holton: What turned white southerners from merely protesting to wanting independence is this informal alliance that African Americans initiated with the British government. "For me, that really was one of the scenes that caused George Washington to become radicalized," he says. In South Carolina where I live now, the majority of the people were enslaved.
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