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		pseudalopex 57 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Redmond, WA, turns off Flock Safety cameras after ... Benjamin Franklin became an abolitionist.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#Slavery

GuinansEyebrows 55 days ago [–]

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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