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(CW: Sexual Violence) Man, history classes really glossed over the fact that Thomas Jefferson enslaved his own children (hexbear.net)
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I think in elementary school I was taught that Jefferson "fell in love with a slave" but it was framed as a positive trait, proving he's not that racist. The fact that he had 6 kids with her and enslaved them until his own death was not mentioned. This is probably common knowledge around here but wtf that's probably one of the most evil things you can do

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it was a very common practice among slaveowners for them to rape slaves and enslave and sell their own children

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