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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.
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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.
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TIL about the battle of bamber bridge 1943 an out break of racial violence between black and white american military personnel due to the white MPs trying to enforce jim crow laws the 3 pubs in the town responded by putting up signs that said black troops only