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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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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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