TIL that Thomas Jefferson, the author of the Declaration of Independence who wrote "all men are created equal," enslaved over 620 people in his lifetime, freeing only two while he lived and five in his will.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_and_slavery
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