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Re:A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Unt... by virmundi on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @01:41PM (#21827846)
Sigh. Washington did free his slaves. Virginia blocked Jefferson from doing so.
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Re:A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Unt... by sfuller808 on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @01:54PM (#21827979)
https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/washin...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_and_slavery

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Re:A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands of Unt... by Ididntdothis on Wednesday December 18, 2019 @02:01PM (#21828052)
Washington freed them only after his death and from what I know that didn’t work that well either so a lot of them remained slaves. In what way did Virginia force Jefferson to keep slaves?
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