TIL that William Whipple freed his slaves when he signed the Declaration of Independance, because he believed that he could not fight for freedom and own slaves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Whipple



Submitted March 31, 2015 at 01:03AM by mrredditkarma http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/30u9el/til_that_william_whipple_freed_his_slaves_when_he/