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what is the question exactly ?
No.
there really isn't an excuse to why anybody isn't treated or seen as an equal. Everybody is and should be treated an equal. In back then, if you're going to create equality and speak equality you should probably practice what you preach.
I can tell you who invented them: Benjamin Franklin. And, while he wasn't president, he is on the $100 bill. It did happen during the time period Declaration of Independence, which he signed.
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Muhammed required a tax to people to pay the poor