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Ulysses Grant's views on slavery examined

07/06/2020 - 08:28
Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War and was the 18th president of the United States. But as communities reevaluate who belongs -- and doesn't belong -- on municipal monuments, some are having second thoughts about Grant.
Is July Fourth the wrong day to celebrate?

06/28/2015 - 20:00
When the Continental Congress voted for independence from Britain on July 2, 1776, John Adams said the day would be forever remembered with “a great anniversary festival.” So why do we celebrate Independence Day on July 4, not on July 2?
Jefferson: Defender of liberty, slave owner

09/14/2015 - 15:32
Call Thomas Jefferson the nation's third president, a statesman, an intellectual and, most of all, author of the Declaration of Independence. But he was also a slave owner, and experts believe that he fathered the children of slave Sally Hemings.

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