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Benjamin Franklin became an abolitionist.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#Slavery



what that wikipedia article doesn't mention is that Franklin continued to own people for almost his entire adult life, while paying lip service to abolition.




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