That’s true. I may have overstated things a bit just to make a point.
And that runaway slave girl was an interesting case. Most accounts I’ve read said that Martha herself favored the girl a great deal and was totally aggravated that she escaped and badgered her husband to get her back. He took ads out and paid bounty hunters to find her. If I recall this was the only time he extended such efforts to get back a runaway! Thankfully the girl made her escape to freedom! Not a good look, for sure, for GW but in my view it doesn’t rise to any significance in his life story. That was my point…this man had bigger fish to fry in his life. And that’s what should be emphasized.