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[โ€“] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

He also "courted" a 14 year old slave girl he owned, who he married when she was 16... He was in his 40s.

[โ€“] vaguerant@fedia.io 34 points 1 week ago

He didn't marry her, that wouldn't have even been legal in their lifetimes. But otherwise yes.