More than 1,700 congressmembers once enslaved Black people
A recently released database from The Washington Post, found 1,700 United States congressmembers once enslaved Black people. The Post published the first-ever comprehensive list of “every member of the U.S. Congress who enslaved Black people.” The news outlet put together their findings in a searchable database, which including that 1,715 members owned slaves. To create the […]