Readers will read our fact-check and “envision slaves as the sole providers of the labor, sweating, thirsty, being whipped, their slave-owners the ones being compensated,” wrote one reader.
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This is a fact check. If Obama had said “The White House was built by slaves who were whipped” then this would be a relevant fact to check — but it’s not. To be honest — well cared for slaves are still slaves.