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virmundi
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A Database of Fugitive Slave Ads Reveals Thousands...
Sigh. Washington did free his slaves. Virginia blocked Jefferson from doing so.
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Ididntdothis
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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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