Episode 229: A Deeper Look into Thomas Jefferson
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Jefferson, Is It the Only Founding Father Who Owned Slaveholders?
Thomas Jefferson is the only founder who wrote that all men are created equal. Yet he owned about 200 people and women and children at one time. The U.S. until 1865 legally permitted slavery in most of its parts. "I think we lose sight of just how pervasive slavery was throughout the United States"
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