The White House and the U.S. parliament building, which we call the Capitol, are two of the many majestic buildings in Washington, D.C., the beautiful capital of the United States. Both buildings were erected, starting in October 1792 and September 1793 respectively, in part on the sweat and the blood of slaves who were used as free laborers. Some of those men most certainly came from my home country originally called Dahomey.

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