Tagged: presidential history

George Washington was all about freedom, so why did he own slaves?

When it comes to the first presidents, everyone knows George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, but what about John Adams?

Quickly-- rank the presidents. Did you put Washington or Lincoln first? Where did you put Millard Fillmore?

In his life Eisenhower lead the allied forces to victory in Europe, built the interstate system, and oversaw school integration, but what experiences built this man of action from Kansas?

Equality and liberty were Thomas Jefferson’s great dreams—except when it came to slaves.

On Thursday's Up to Date, we’ll discuss the man and his contradictions with historian Henry Wiencek, author of Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves, which examines Jefferson’s changing stance toward slavery.