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1 Held slaves at some point in time. There are others who believe that some of these men are unworthy of our attention because they owned slaves Washington Jefferson Clark among them but not Adams. Arlen Parsa On Twitter 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 The slavery compromises included in the Constitution are prudentialcompromises rather than a surrender of principle. How many founding fathers owned slaves . Others owned only a few slaves such as Benjamin Franklin. Other prominent Founding Fathers who were members of societies for ending slavery included Richard Bassett James Madison James Monroe Bushrod Washington Charles Carroll William Few John Marshall Richard Stockton Zephaniah Swift and many more. In fact based in part on the efforts of these Founders Pennsylvania and Massachusetts began abolishing slavery in 1780. George Washington Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Jefferson is held in high esteem for committing the nation to the principle enunciated in the Declaration of Independence that All men are created equal Yet these men traditionally acclaimed as American heroes were along with many others of the nations Founders slaveowners. The same man who wrote the very words all men are created equal in the Declaration of Independence owned hundreds of slaves all his life. Pin On Eds 206 Module 2 In Virginia both secure slave prices and frenzied race fears made emancipation a distant goal. What founding fathers owned slaves . The founding fathers said Lincoln had opposed slavery. Jackson owned many slaves. George Washington 1732 1799 James Madison 1751 1836 Thomas Jefferson 1743 1826 Benjamin Franklin 1706 1790 Patrick Henry 1736 1799 James Monroe 1758 1831 John Jay 1745 1829 Alexander Hamilton 1755 1804. At his magnificent estate Monticello Jefferson had slaves who were superb artisans shoemakers masons carpenters cooks. During