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Donald Rumsfeld made ‘Mount Misery’ his getaway home by Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow revisits the story of Frederick Douglass being sent by his slave owner to a “slave breaker” to be made docile and have his will broken. The location of the horrific torture that entailed was a plantation called “Mount Misery” and at least one person was untroubled enough by its history to purchase it as a country home.

Rachel Maddow revisits the story of Frederick Douglass being sent by his slave owner to a “slave breaker” to be made docile and have his will broken. The location of the horrific torture that entailed was a plantation called “Mount Misery” and at least one person was untroubled enough by its history to purchase it as a country home. To learn more go to the link below:

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/-who-would-do-that-donald-rumsfeld-made-mount-misery-his-getaway-home-115800133715

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