~~Isn't there a fairly well documented history of him raping his slaves? He may vocally advocate for older women fun, but dude fucked pretty much anything with two tits, a hole, and a heartbeat.~~

I was thinking about one of the other dudes.

[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

It wouldn't surprise me if he was into abusing slaves because it was a good ol' boys' club. Franklin did inherent several slaves, got to know them, realized they were people, freed them, then became an abolishinist.

At the end of the day, however, he still agreed with the 3/5ths. Compromise. And he was still buddies with monsters like Washington and Jefferson. Otherwise, everything we know about his sexual history points to him wanting older women, which is part of why he wanted the ambassadorship to France.

[–] Aljernon@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I just did a look see and while I saw it broadly asserted a few times on social media I can't find any specific allegations like we have with Jefferson who is positively known to have fathered children with slaves.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 4 days ago

I might be mixing them up.