The Trump administration’s removal of slavery exhibits from the President’s House strikes at the heart of historical truth — and the Caribbean diaspora should take notice

By Calvin G. Brown | WiredJa

WASHINGTON DC,  United States, January 23, 2026 - The crowbars came on a Thursday afternoon. At Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia — mere steps from where the words “All men are created equal” were first proclaimed — National Park Service workers dismantled the panels telling the stories of nine enslaved human beings who once lived and laboured in George Washington’s presidential household. One woman wept silently as she watched. Someone left a bouquet of flowers. A hand-lettered sign appeared: “Slavery was real.”