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Sigh. Washington did free his slaves. Virginia blocked Jefferson from doing so.
by virmundi 7y ago
Sigh. Washington did free his slaves. Virginia blocked Jefferson from doing so.
- sfuller808 7y agohttps://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/washingtons-1799-will/ https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/washin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_and_slavery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_and_slavery
- Ididntdothis 7y agoWashington freed them only after his death and from what I know that didn’t work that well either so a lot of them remained slaves. In what way did Virginia force Jefferson to keep slaves?