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To: Tau Food; DiogenesLamp
Washington didn’t have slaves.

Yes he did. A brief search of the Mount Vernon Foundation would educate you:

"At the time of George Washington’s death, the Mount Vernon estate’s enslaved population consisted of 318 people. Washington himself had been a slave owner for fifty-six years, beginning at eleven years of age when he inherited ten slaves from his deceased father. "

"Of the 318 slaves at Mount Vernon in 1799, 123 individuals were owned by George Washington and were stipulated in Washington's will to be freed upon his wife's death."

http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/washingtons-1799-will/

412 posted on 08/17/2015 6:10:51 PM PDT by Pelham (Deo Vindice)
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To: Pelham; Tau Food
Yes he did. A brief search of the Mount Vernon Foundation would educate you:

"At the time of George Washington’s death, the Mount Vernon estate’s enslaved population consisted of 318 people. Washington himself had been a slave owner for fifty-six years, beginning at eleven years of age when he inherited ten slaves from his deceased father. "

"Of the 318 slaves at Mount Vernon in 1799, 123 individuals were owned by George Washington and were stipulated in Washington's will to be freed upon his wife's death."

http://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/washingtons-1799-will/

Ya see what I gotta argue with? :)

413 posted on 08/17/2015 6:12:23 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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