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title: "What caused George Washington to change his policy on African Americans in the army?"  
description: "What caused George Washington to change his policy on African Americans in the army?"  
author: "Cox elliott"  
published: 2018-05-12  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42153/what-caused-george-washington-to-change-his-policy-on-african-americans-in-the-army  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What caused George Washington to change his policy on African Americans in the army? 

What caused [George Washington](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42791/how-did-george-washington-s-ideas-about-how-the-president-s-house-should-look-reflect-his-ideas-about-the-presidency) to change his [policy](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1785/an-engagement-of-google-india-with-policymaker-on-data-protection-legalisation-is-visible) on [African Americans](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42788/during-world-war-i-how-did-the-lives-of-african-americans-in-the-military-reflect-the-lives-of-african-americans-at-home) in the army? \
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