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[-] elbucho@lemmy.world 83 points 1 year ago

Huh. I wonder if he was also socially awkward when he was raping Sally Hemings (starting from when she was 14 years old, younger than his daughter Abigail, whom Hemings was sent to care for), or when he convinced her to leave the relative safety of France by telling her that he'd emancipate her children, or when he was like: "lol u thought" and kept them enslaved for the rest of his life. So socially awkward. Such a quirky guy.

[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago

america was founded by slaving raping immigrants

[-] elbucho@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

Socially awkward slaving, raping immigrants.

[-] treadful@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago
[-] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 year ago

Thomas Paine was pretty legit. Abolitionist (and I think a believer in racial equality) and not shy about saying so.

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