George Washington had a complicated history with slaves. Here's a look at where he stood. ... “He’s held up as a hero in American history,” MacLeod said of Washington.

George Washington, letter to The United Baptist Churches in Virginia, May 1789, in Writings of George Washington, ed. Jared Sparks (Boston: The American Stationer’s Company, 1837), Vol. XII, p. 155.

While many learned about the American Revolution as beginning in the Northeast, some may not know Florida's role in the nation's founding.

President George Washington issued his Farewell Address on this day in history, Sept. 19, 1796. He spoke proudly of the new nation but also warned of the dangers of party politics.

As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military ...

George Washington, portrait painting by Constable-Hamilton, 1794. Getty Images “The Museum of the American Revolution, for example, owns three fragments of Washington’s tents.

There’s a famous story about George Washington and King George III at the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783. As commander in chief of the Continental Army, Washington had led his troops to an ...

His profile is featured in one of the most famous paintings in American history. George Washington was the first president of the United States. He has long been referred to as “the father of ...

Mary Elliott, Curator of American Slavery at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture ANSWER: George Washington owned hundreds of enslaved people throughout his life.