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Originally Posted by garysher  None of that excuses the fact that guys like Washington and Jefferson owned many slaves and refused even to grant them freedom in their wills!
They also believed that only white male landowners deserved to vote.
Neither flaw applied to the British politicians who you claim were their "oppressors" (but decline to explain why).
As self-proclaimed disciples of equality their hypocrisy could not be more pronounced.
| Great post Gary. Racism as we know it was born here, not imported. |