# Are the concessions made by the Founding Fathers morally reprehensible?

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**Created:** [November 1, 2013, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-concessions-made-by-the-founding-fathers-morally-reprehensible/672830 "2013-11-01T12:27:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-the-concessions-made-by-the-founding-fathers-morally-reprehensible/672830/8 "2013-11-01T13:04:00Z")

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History is made by people, and people tend to have huge blind spots where it comes to their own failings. I am certain that Washington and Jefferson considered themselves to be good and responsible slave-owners, who treated their chattel with all the respect they could.

This makes a person wonder what future generations will find “morally reprehensible” that we see as business as usual today.

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