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Yet, Washington freed all his slaves? Washington was 11 when he became owner of slaves, when his father died. Life is tough, I know a bit about racism, having been born in an Era, and a place where racism did exist.Yes it was... and it had the same effects.
The only difference was they didn't think of it as racism.
Which is Irrelevant.
Did Washington hate black people? Or was Washington born in a time when Slaves were part of the culture, part of society?
"I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it (slavery); but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by Legislative authority; and this, as far as my suffrage (vote and support) will go, shall never be wanting." - Letter to Robert Morris, April 12, 1786
Read more: George Washington Quotes about slavery and the new republic
It wasn't Washington that freed the slaves in the USA but Abraham Lincoln.
And by that time, BOTH Haiti and Britain had long since Abolished Slavery before that.