They were our great freedom loving Framers!
In all, 41 of the 56 signers of the Declaration owned slaves. George Washington had been a lifelong hereditary slave owner, inheriting 10 slaves from his father Augustine Washington when he was a boy.
Thomas Jefferson and George Washington Owned Black Peopole, Why Can't I??
Nov 04, 2026
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Bob From Mississippi wrote in Washington inherited a lot more than that when he married into the wealthy Custis family. But to his credit he freed them in his will. Jefferson wouldn't even do that.
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Bob From Mississippi snipped-for-privacy@hsre.now wrote in news:11cfjac$pq2b$ snipped-for-privacy@news.tcpreset.net:
Washington inherited a lot more than that when he married into the wealthy Custis family. But to his credit he freed them in his will. Jefferson wouldn't even do that.
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