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pseudalopex
219 days ago
Benjamin Franklin became an abolitionist.[1]
[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#Slavery
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GuinansEyebrows
217 days ago
what that wikipedia article doesn't mention is that Franklin continued to own people for almost his entire adult life, while paying lip service to abolition.
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