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16. Any man can make himself a king

Tue Nov 18, 2025, 03:14 AM

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when he purchases other human beings and owns them like livestock.

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Ken Burns "American Revolution" discussing Washington's slave owning [View all] dflprincess 14 hrs ago OP

This is so well.done JustAnotherGen 14 hrs ago #1

I'm glad he's portraying the founders as the miscreants that they were. BannonsLiver 14 hrs ago #2

You read it right - fucking miscreants. BannonsLiver 50 min ago #19

I don't think Burns would agree per se ITAL 41 min ago #22

That's great. BannonsLiver 20 min ago #25

+1 leftstreet 26 min ago #23

We are watching it now Tree Lady 14 hrs ago #3

I'd hope that Burns respected Temporal historical relativism... WarGamer 14 hrs ago #4

There are certain truths that transcend time. DemocratSinceBirth 13 hrs ago #7

He's presenting facts that have been ignored for a long time nt dflprincess 13 hrs ago #8

Like my husband says Tree Lady 12 hrs ago #9

In my role as a historian Historic NY 8 min ago #26

Slave ownership by the Founding Fathers isn't exactly a secret. Paladin 20 min ago #24

My thought was the right wingers are gonna hate this. CanonRay 13 hrs ago #5

Hey, anyone know, what time do they repeat tonight? (early AM) Jack Valentino 13 hrs ago #6

I thought it was tv only Tree Lady 12 hrs ago #10

My TV guide says moondust 12 hrs ago #11

Thanks, but seems it is already repeating on-air- here at 1:52 EST..... Jack Valentino 10 hrs ago #13

Times for documentary Lydia Leftcoast 9 hrs ago #14

Streaming Episodes Available Now Tom_Foolery 5 hrs ago #17

The slavery mentions moondust 12 hrs ago #12

I recall hearing about Patrick Henry Lydia Leftcoast 9 hrs ago #15

Any man can make himself a king Stacey Grove 8 hrs ago #16

I haven't watched this series yet (I'll binge it later), but... Happy Hoosier 48 min ago #21

Slavery never stopped GreatGazoo 1 min ago #27

Washigton did free his slaves by his Will Historic NY 37 sec ago #28