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A truly great man would taken this decision much, much earlier.
You wouldâve likely owned slaves if you were in his position as well. We need to look at the state of the world in THEIR time before we judge any historical figures.
If we judged all history with modern day standards, more than 90% of the historical figures would be racists, sexists, antisemitists, warmongers, etc.
Imagine thinking not handing down slaves makes up for owning them in the first place.