"Colonial" buildings built by our people: US Capitol and White House (1790s, enslaved laborers quarried stone and built them; acknowledged by Congress); California…
Year: 1790 · Places: Carolinas, Louisiana, South America
SUMMARY"Colonial" buildings built by our people: US Capitol and White House (1790s, enslaved laborers quarried stone and built them; acknowledged by Congress); California missions (Native labor); Cusco's cathedral and churches (Indigenous workers on Inca walls); Charleston and New Orleans ironwork (enslaved and free Black blacksmiths). Record.