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@RobertEllsberg
@RobertEllsberg
These Founders believed it was consistent with their “Christian” faith to own other humans, rape them (and if they became pregnant, thereby add to their property), sell their children, mutilate them if they tried to escape. Do we imagine our nation has outlived this Sin?
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Adam Clark
@admclark
Every “Founder” with a red dot over their face “owned” enslaved Africans. That’s over 75% of them. That’s why Frederick Douglass in 1852 raised the question “ Whose #IndependenceDay are you celebrating?” In Rochester, New York. #FourthofJuly #July4th #happy244th
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@RobertEllsberg
@RobertEllsberg
Trump believes that to point this out, or to take down Confederate statues or change the names of military bases that celebrate those who fought to extend these crimes is to cancel or deny our “history” and “heritage.” Whose history? Whose heritage?
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Therese Terndrup
@ThATern
Credit to
@arlenparsa
for his red dot research.
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Arlen Parsa
@arlenparsa
This is one of the most famous paintings in American history: Declaration of Independence. I decided to put red dots on all the men who held slaves. Next time someone puts them on a pedestal and says we can't question their judgement on guns or whatever, show them this image.
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Jonathan Jones
@Lensman_Jones
I am writing this still in bed, so bear with me, please. We should not sugar coat the faults and failings of the Founders. Still, they created something powerful. Has not yet reach full potential of the words, of the full meaning. Work in progress, never give up, strife on!
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