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    Moreover, future president John Adams defended the men of the 29th regiment in a Boston court. Two of them were found guilty of manslaughter, and the rest were found not guilty.

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      His argument was super fucked up, too. He said a bunch of really racist stuff. Heard he got a lot more tolerant as he got older, one of the few presidents whose entire life was so completely documented via letters and journals.