TIL that William Whipple, who signed the US Declaration of Independence, freed his slave after signing, saying, "I hope it will be the means of dispensing the blessings of Freedom to all the human rac

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William Whipple - Wikipedia
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What about all the others?

Looks like he only had one:

Whipple freed his enslaved servant, Prince Whipple, believing that no man could fight for freedom and hold another in bondage.

Mr. Whipple's proposed constitutional amendment, "Thou shalt not squeeze thine Charmin," was not as enthusiastically received by the founders.

The ladies who purchased his goods were quite fond of kneading of the stroft paper, and indeed, Whipple himself, to his dismay and their merriment, at time succumbed to its temptation!