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It’s not just Andrew Jackson. Most of the men on US currency had problematic histories with slavery

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A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 bill with abolitionist Harriet Tubman. But Jackson isn’t the only one of the White men on US paper currency who had a troubling history with slavery.

 A US Senator wants to replace Andrew Jackson, who kept scores of slaves at his Tennessee plantation, on the front of the $20 bill with abolitionist Harriet Tubman. But Jackson isn’t the only one of the White men on US paper currency who had a troubling history with slavery. Read More Breaking News, Latest News and Videos | CNN 

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