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Until now, there has never been a comprehensive list of slaveholding members of Congress. This database helps reveal the glaring holes in many of the stories that Americans tell about the country’s history. https://t.co/ktUTXhXdyv — PolitiTweet.org

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More than 1,700 people who served in the U.S. Congress in the 18th, 19th and even 20th century were slaveholders at some point in their lives, according to a Washington Post investigation of censuses and other historical records. https://t.co/ktUTXhXdyv — PolitiTweet.org

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On March 7, 1850, as Sen. Daniel Webster delivered a famous speech about slavery, 45 of the 106 congressmen listening owned human beings. Those slaveholders included Jefferson Davis, Andrew Johnson and Sam Houston. https://t.co/ktUTXhXdyv https://t.co/EGmsqFtAjw — PolitiTweet.org

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