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The northern colonies and non-Southern states were more diverse and included many anti-slavery residents. The Southern states were dominated by “a large plantation economy and white Protestants,” who ...

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President Trump and Elon Musk want the U.S. penny gone. There are currently 114 billion pennies in circulation, but the economy will be OK without the coin.

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