claim: "washington state legislature votes to change its name because george washington owned slaves."
author: bloggers
evidence_1: george washington's views on the subject of slavery shifted over the course of  his life. ... change billy lee to william lee everywhere on website or william ( billy) ... them as easy & as comfortable in their circumstances as their actual state  of .... of all the laws of virginia, from the first session of the legislature, in the  year ...
evidence_2: since george washington owned slaves, it is improper for this state to be named  ... washington state legislature votes to change its name because george ...
evidence_3: by the time of washington's birth, slavery had been a fact of virginia life for  almost a ... about these changes, washington was also increasing the burden on  his slaves. ... the emancipation of the black people of this country [sic] from that  state of .... that the name of a school in new orleans had been changed from  george ...
evidence_4: the constitutional convention :31 took place from may 25 to september 17,  1787, in the old pennsylvania state house (later known as independence hall  because of the adoption of ... the delegates elected george washington of  virginia, former commanding general of the continental army in the late  american ...
evidence_5: jan 31, 2017 ... it is ironic that two prominent founding fathers who owned slaves (thomas  jefferson ... that began to change in 1765, for as a consequence of america's ...  as jefferson and washington sought to liberalize the state's slavery laws to ... i  wish from my soul that the legislature of this state could see the policy ...