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Which detail from the section "The White House Was Built By Slave Labor" BEST explains how the White House means different things to different people?

A
White workers and artisans from Maryland and Virginia, some free blacks and immigrants from Ireland, Scotland and other European countries were also part of the workforce building the White House.
B
For black Americans, the White House represents each president's relation to black citizenship. For many whites and people of color, the White House has symbolized the supremacy of white people domestically and internationally.
C
These nativists sought to forcefully expand the U.S. empire, and understood the White House as a symbol of expanding that supremacy worldwide.
D
During the 10 years of construction of the White House, George Washington spent time in Philadelphia where a law called the Gradual Abolition Act passed in 1780. It stated that any slaves brought into the state were eligible to apply for their freedom if they stayed longer than six months.

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