Tadeusz Kosciuszko facts
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American Revolutionary War hero, Polish general Tadeusz Kosciuszko. After the war, before returning to Europe, he left Thomas Jefferson his will, dedicating his pay and estate to buy the freedom of black slaves and educate them for independent life and work. The will was never executed.
Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a Polish war hero who helped win the American Revolutionary War, left his property in the USA to be sold to educate and free Thomas Jefferson's and other slaves. As executor, Jefferson never acted on the will and no slaves were freed.
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Mount Kosciuszko, the highest mountain in Australia (2228m) has been named after Polish-Lithuanian general and freedom fighter Tadeusz Kosciuszko (1746-1817)
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Tadeusz Kosciuszko, a man from what is now Belarus, was promoted to Brigadier General by the Continental Congress after the Revolutionary War. Upon his death, he willed all of his American assets to slaves.
