Thomas Jefferson's 1769 Ad For A Runaway Slave

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Published on Oct 10, 2014 by TYT Network:

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Thomas Jefferson's 1769 Ad For A Runaway Slave

Thomas Jefferson put an ad in the newspaper offering a reward for his runaway slave named Sandy -- just seven years before writing "all men are created equal" in the Declaration of Independence. Take an interesting look back through the history of slavery and Jefferson's complicated views on the issue.

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