TIL Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish war hero who helped win the American Revolutionary War, left his property in the USA to be sold to educate and free Thomas Jefferson's and other slaves. As executor, Jefferson never acted on the will and no slaves were freed.

http://www.inyourpocket.com/poland/Tadeusz-Kosciuszko_70374f



Submitted February 02, 2015 at 02:12AM by NoFunHere http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2ufwsk/til_tadeusz_kosciuszko_a_polish_war_hero_who/