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<blockquote data-quote="Allen" data-source="post: 96734" data-attributes="member: 389">A goodly number of this country's founding fathers and early presidents were slave owners.&nbsp; It was a common practice at the time, much like many other things we currently find reprehensible.&nbsp;&nbsp; I, for one, am not going to judge them based on current laws and norms.&nbsp; They were solid contributors to the early development of this nation and deserve to be on our currency.I am not opposed to women or blacks or Hispanics or native Americans being on our currency, but let's let them all meet a solid standard for their contribution to the country, not individuals (people like Sakakawea come to mind).&nbsp; Helping a few hundred people escape slavery seems like kind of a low threshold, IMHO.&nbsp; Perhaps we should put General Custer on the $50 bill for his Civil War contributions to the freeing of the slaves?&nbsp; Oh wait, that may piss off the Native Americans.&nbsp; How about Malcomb X or David Duke?&nbsp; They each have their followings...Can't make everyone happy...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Allen, post: 96734, member: 389"] A goodly number of this country's founding fathers and early presidents were slave owners. It was a common practice at the time, much like many other things we currently find reprehensible. I, for one, am not going to judge them based on current laws and norms. They were solid contributors to the early development of this nation and deserve to be on our currency. I am not opposed to women or blacks or Hispanics or native Americans being on our currency, but let's let them all meet a solid standard for their contribution to the country, not individuals (people like Sakakawea come to mind). Helping a few hundred people escape slavery seems like kind of a low threshold, IMHO. Perhaps we should put General Custer on the $50 bill for his Civil War contributions to the freeing of the slaves? Oh wait, that may piss off the Native Americans. How about Malcomb X or David Duke? They each have their followings... Can't make everyone happy... [/QUOTE]

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