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8-year-old sister:
What are all those names behind the Thomas Jefferson statute?
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Me:
Uh, those are all the names of all the slaves he's owned.
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Sister:
But he didn't really own slaves, right?
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Sister:
But just pretending, right?
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Sister:
But how come somebody who owned slaves got to be President?
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Me:
Other people owned slaves too, and they voted for him.
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Sister:
How come the slaves didn't vote against me?
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Me:
Well, they couldn't vote.
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Sister:
They had to work without money AND THEY COULDN'T VOTE?
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