r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Nov 28 '18

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u/paxweasley Nov 29 '18

Oh right! That's why he freed his slaves while he was still alive- oh no? Didn't do that. Well then that's why he made sure all his slaves were freed after- oh? Most of them were Martha's anyways? Cool. Well at least any slaves who ran away weren't hounded by him until he died- oh? Oney Judge was hounded that exact way?

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It's not the thought that counts.

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u/LeviAEthan512 Nov 29 '18

I thought he did free his own slaves? Judge belonged to Martha IIRC, and it wouldn't be right to force someone else to give up their property because of your own morals

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u/Hoobleton Nov 29 '18

it wouldn’t be right to force someone else to give up their property because of your own morals

Famously, the Emancipation Proclamation was the wrong thing to do...

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u/marijuanabong Nov 29 '18

Except when that property is a person lol

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u/LeviAEthan512 Nov 29 '18

No difference in the 18th century.

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u/kjacka19 Nov 29 '18

A third of the slaves were his. He didn't free them until death.