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TIL of Drapetomania, a falsely proposed mental illness based on the belief that slavery was such an improvement upon the lives of slaves that only those suffering from some form of mental illness would wish to escape

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drapetomania
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https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1fvqdxc/til_of_drapetomania_a_falsely_proposed_mental/