More than 100 U.S. political elites have family links to slavery
More than 100 U.S. political elites have family links to slavery
www.reuters.com More than 100 U.S. political elites have family links to slavery
Reuters explores what the ancestral connections to slavery mean to presidents, governors, members of Congress and Supreme Court justices -- and to Americans themselves.
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Go figure the people who could afford slaves 200 years ago could also afford to run for political office. Explains quite a few things about the events of that era.
And probably were more likely because they wanted to be in control to maintain slavery.