Shaun King tweeted (i.e. stole) this info/image without giving appropriate credit to the source:

[demmiblue]

I’m a historian by training. My undergraduate and graduate degrees are in history.

Let me teach you something. ⁣
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Every man with a red dot on their face who signed the Declaration of Independence OWNED and enslaved Africans. Over 75% of them.

The rest permitted it.

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Here is the original source:

This is one of the most famous paintings in American history: Declaration of Independence.

I decided to put red dots on all the men who held slaves.

Next time someone puts them on a pedestal and says we can't question their judgement on guns or whatever, show them this image.

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The rest of the very informative thread is here:

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1168189409549803524.html