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Mar 2023
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Both Thomas Jefferson and George Washington profited from slavery, but both knew it was wrong. Yet at the end of their lives, it was Washington who freed his slaves, not Jefferson, who had written far more eloquently about human equality as well as the eternal shame of slavery. Why was that? --- And in today's Ask Daily Stoic, Ryan answers questions in a ... Show More
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