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4kDwo TIL Thomas Jefferson included a passage attacking slavery in the Declaration of Independence, but South Carolina, Georgia, and Northern delegates who represented merchants who were actively involved in the Trans-Atlantic slave trade blocked it
R7Xg8 TIL Thomas Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence contained a passage that condemned slavery as one of the many evils foisted upon the colonies by the British crown.
yQ6mX TIL Quincy Jones, Ray Charles, and producer "Bumps" Blackwell were all in the same band in Seattle, and they played with artists including Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway.