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More than 1,700 congressmen once enslaved Black people. This is who they were, and how they shaped the nation.
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55% : Today, as America struggles with how to understand its history and which historical figures to honor, many of these lawmakers' statues stand in town squares across the country, and their names adorn streets and public schools, with almost no public acknowledgment that they were enslavers.
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