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In this May 19, 2016, photo, a list of slaves at Mount Vernon written by George Washington around 1799 details marriages, children, and notes on individuals, is seen at the Fred W. Smith National Library for the Study of George Washington in Mount Vernon, Va. George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate is turning a museum space previously dedicated to the Founding Father’s furniture and fineries into an exhibit that takes a hard look at Washington’s life as a slave owner. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP)

When slaveholders controlled the government

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