Worth noting when slavery was the law of the land in America few could afford to own slaves (as we keep hearing) but many *hired* slaves
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Alexander Hamilton, notably, never owned slaves bc he didn't have much money but records show he hired their labor all the time
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Contradicting the musical painting him as a quasi abolitionist
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