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          @tressiemcphd Great piece! Points to reason I often have trouble getting students to see why it matters that Wm. Marsh Rice owned slaves +
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        @tressiemcphd Rice founded the University long after slavery, and unlike a Calhoun/Forrest, he wasn't full-throated proslavery ideologue +
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      @tressiemcphd But it's safe to say his early fortune in Houston depended on slavery's profits, and that fortune snowballed over the years. -
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    @tressiemcphd Your piece gives me a great reading to assign as part of these discussions with my classes! Thanks!
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