S9E21 Podcast: George Washington, Slavery, and American Memory

from Off the Deaton Path · host Stan Deaton

Stan’s guest this week is historian John Garrison Marks, discussing his new book, Thy Will Be Done: George Washington’s Legacy of Slavery and the Fight for American Memory (University of North Carolina Press, 2026), which tells the story of Americans’ long struggle to come to terms with Washington’s legacy of slavery. He traces how politicians, ...Continue Reading »

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