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Op-Ed: Founding Fathers as Founding Debtors: How some of them used slaves as collateral

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Op-Ed: Founding Fathers as Founding Debtors: How some of them used slaves as collateral

Americans remain largely unaware that many of the famous Founding Fathers were deeply in debt. Some of them, including Thomas Jefferson, attempted to forestall foreclosure by using their slaves as collateral. Using human beings to back debt was refined…

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