'Boy, how 'bout those Slaves that 'volunteered' to help build the White House! "Slaves that worked there were well-fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government, which stopped hiring slave labor in 1802. However, the feds did not forbid subcontractors from using slave labor". Those guys really had it 'made'! No wonder they were having babies left and right all the time! Meat and potatoes will keep the meat on your stolen bones for sure! And you know what else? T...hey were treated 'good' too! It was probabl;y against the law to mistreat a person who had been stolen from their mother country, ripping them away from their families, packed skin to skin in the holds of rat infested slavers, sold on the auction block like so many cattle, and then held in bondage for the rest of their very lives, and Then their Children 'inherited' slavery of their Own. So, yeah, the Government made sure that they would not be mistreated much more than usual while laboring sun-up to sun-down while building the White House. And you know what Else? I bet they lived in better 'housing', and got better wages than regular white people at the time, sorta like Nowadays . That's just the way it was back then. Slaves were doing pretty good for themselves back then. No whiners in That bunch! Well, gotta go and stir up another ant hill, that's about the only way I get 'press' around here anymore. Should'a ran for President like my BFF Trump, 'The Man with the Plan!' :/ :/
Bill O’Reilly Says Slaves Who Built White House Were ‘Well-Fed and Had Decent Lodgings’
Bill O’Reilly Says Slaves Who Built White House Were ‘Well-Fed and Had Decent Lodgings’
Bill O’Reilly Says Slaves Who Built White House Were ‘Well-Fed and Had Decent Lodgings’
Bill O'Reilly of the Fox News Channel program "The O'Reilly Factor," in New York on Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Bill O’Reilly, the longtime Fox News host, responded to the speech made by Michelle Obama during the Democratic National Convention on Monday evening.
“I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves,” Obama said, referring to the White House. “I watch my daughters—two beautiful, intelligent, black young women—playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.”
Later, O’Reilly talked about her comment on a segment on his show, describing the conditions slaves faced while working on the White House.
“Slaves that worked there were well-fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government, which stopped hiring slave labor in 1802,” he said. “However, the feds did not forbid subcontractors from using slave labor. So, Michelle Obama is essentially correct in citing slaves as builders of the White House, but there were others working as well.”
It’s worth noting that the White House wasn’t exclusively built by slaves. Other laborers worked on it as well.
The White House Historical Association says that the government didn’t own slaves but hired them from slave owners.
“The D.C. commissioners, charged by Congress with building the new city under the direction of the president, initially planned to import workers from Europe to meet their labor needs. However, response to recruitment was dismal and soon they turned to African American—enslaved and free—to provide the bulk of labor that built the White House, the United States Capitol, and other early government buildings,” it says.
“I wake up every morning in a house that was built by slaves,” Obama said, referring to the White House. “I watch my daughters—two beautiful, intelligent, black young women—playing with their dogs on the White House lawn.”
Later, O’Reilly talked about her comment on a segment on his show, describing the conditions slaves faced while working on the White House.
“Slaves that worked there were well-fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government, which stopped hiring slave labor in 1802,” he said. “However, the feds did not forbid subcontractors from using slave labor. So, Michelle Obama is essentially correct in citing slaves as builders of the White House, but there were others working as well.”
It’s worth noting that the White House wasn’t exclusively built by slaves. Other laborers worked on it as well.
The White House Historical Association says that the government didn’t own slaves but hired them from slave owners.
“The D.C. commissioners, charged by Congress with building the new city under the direction of the president, initially planned to import workers from Europe to meet their labor needs. However, response to recruitment was dismal and soon they turned to African American—enslaved and free—to provide the bulk of labor that built the White House, the United States Capitol, and other early government buildings,” it says.
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