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"Why did the Founding Fathers accept slavery in the new country? Basic politics, or something more?" --Ken

► SCRIPT CORRECTION/FEEDBACK:  Also, regarding Thomas Jefferson fathering children with Sally Hemming, some here are giving me pushback on that, claiming it's not settled. There's still a bit of dissension on that, so yes, I should've added a "likely" qualifier. There's a decent amount of evidence, between DNA showing "a" Jefferson was the dad of one. Combined with other facts, that was enough for the Thomas Jefferson Foundation — which operates Monticello — to declare it a "settled historical matter".  Still, the minority dissent raises enough questions that a "likely fathered" would have been the best way for me to say it.

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