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25 of 55 delegates to the Constitutional Convention owned slaves. Also:

5 of the 13 American States were "slave states" in 1787 and slaves made up 35% of the population of those states

Some of the "Founding Fathers" owned slaves, including:

James Madison

Benjamin Franklin

George Washington

Thomas Jefferson

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