Frederick Douglass: “Hamilton had his faults, but starving his slaves was not among them.”

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Hamilton had his faults, but starving his slaves was not among them.

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Frederick Douglass

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Douglass acknowledges that while Hamilton had faults, he did not starve his slaves, highlighting a rare instance of relative kindness.

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