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The only woman on the Declaration of Independence (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 19 points 4 months ago (3 children)

But she freed her... once she could no longer use her.

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  • [–] 27 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    Yeah not so great, but better than having her younger brother inherit her, I guess. And she actually did a bit better than that (from Wikipedia):

    She posthumously freed her slave, Belinda Starling, in her will, wherein she wrote that she, "give[s] and grant[s] to my female slave, Belinda Starling, aged about 26 years, her Freedom at my death; and I also give and bequeath unto said Belinda Starling all the property of which I may die possessed; all which I do to recompense the faithful performance of duties to me."

    An attempt at reparation, I guess

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