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Leesburg is name for Francis Lightfoot Lee, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. He also owned a tobacco plantation and enslaved the people who worked on it. Like some other, better-known founding fathers.
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lightfoot_Lee

Francis Lightfoot Lee (October 14, 1734 – January 11, 1797) was a Founding Father of the United States and a member of the House of Burgesses in the Colony of Virginia.[1] As an active protester regarding issues such as the Stamp Act of 1765, Lee helped move the colony in the direction of independence from Britain. Lee was a delegate to the Virginia Conventions and the Continental Congress. He was a signer of the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation as a representative of Virginia. In addition to his career in politics, Lee owned a tobacco plantation as well as many slaves.[2] He was a member of the Lee family, a prominent Virginian dynasty.[/quote]

Yeah, only racists live in cities named for slave owners.  [/quote]

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