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[–] HoustonHenry@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if they were upstanding members of a church somewhere

[–] III@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What single point of this story leads you to believe they wouldn't be upstanding members of a church? The bible advocates for slavery, after all.

[–] HoustonHenry@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

I was just operating off the fact that it wasn't mentioned in the article