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Summer Lee: We have to say that, in our country, we pride ourselves with our development, but we refuse to acknowledge that the…

On the recordJune 18, 2019
We have to say that, in our country, we pride ourselves with our development, but we refuse to acknowledge that the reason we have the development that we do is because the first 200 years of our history was done with free labor.
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Summer Lee
Democratic · Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Acknowledges the economic benefits derived from slavery in U.S. history.

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