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    “We hold these truths to be self evident - that all men are created equal. But when I meet Thomas Jefferson, I’ma compel him to include women in the sequel, work!”.

    Man that lyric slapped hard and I’m just now realizing that if it were the N-word, it’d slap hard but be horribly historically inaccurate, as Angelica Schuyler kept many slaves. As did Thomas Jefferson.

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      Now, Hercules Mulligan, on the other hand…also had slaves. Despite being a founding member of the New York Manumission Society, he also had a slave named Cato who would help him to gather intelligence.