“Thirty-four of the 47 men depicted in the famous "Declaration of Independence" painting were slaveholders.”
Arlen Parsa
Documentary filmmaker. In a tweet. Claim dated 1 Sep 2019.
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Arlen Parsa (Documentary filmmaker) made this claim around 1 September 2019. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 10 September 2019, 9 days later. Its rating was “True”.
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