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		patrickgzill on April 11, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Tyranny of Taxi Medallions You are aware, that the first slave owner in Virginia, who went to court over his slave, was a black man, right?

philwelch on April 12, 2013 [–]

How does that change anything I wrote? White slaveholders held white slaves in ancient Rome but it would have been justified to kill them all as well, too.

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