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ERIC Number: EJ552992
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7996
George Washington: A Hero for American Students?
Jordan, Ervin L., Jr.; Bennett, Clifford T.
Social Studies, v88 n4 p154-56 Jul-Aug 1997
Discusses the career of George Washington with specific emphasis on his racial views and his role as a slaveholder. Describes Washington as a man bound by racial and political mores of his time. Although troubled by certain aspects of slavery, Washington directly benefited from the operation of this system. (MJP)
Descriptors: Black History, Civil Rights, Colonial History (United States), Elementary Education, Freedom, Historiography, Moral Issues, Politics, Presidents of the United States, Revolutionary War (United States), Slavery, United States History
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Washington (George)
Note: Article is part of "A Symposium on George Washington's Place in American History Standards."