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Fact Check: Slaves to Black Friday

By Holmes Lybrand
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Fact Check: Slaves to Black Friday

Every year for the past several years, a rumor tying slavery to the origins of “Black Friday” surfaces online around Thanksgiving.

It’s unclear when this rumor started, but even History.com has addressed the falsehood:

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