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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
Think Washington would be more surprised. Jefferson was more anti slavery than Washington. Though Washington freed them on his death and Jefferson only some, he did more in his life to stop the trade slave than Washington.
gpt
Washington acutally FREED his own slaves though. All of them. That is way, way more than Jefferson did. Sure Washington freed his slaves in his will, and it would have been even better to free them during his life, but still, the man freed all his slaves. That should count for some consideration when history judges him.