"Slavery was a system in which enslaved people lived in fear, fear of being sold, fear of being separated from their families or their children or their parents, fear of not being in control of their bodies or their lives, fear of never knowing freedom. No matter what their clothing was like, no matter what food they ate, no matter their quarters looked like enslaved people lived with that fear. When human beings aren’t being treated as people details like the clothing they wore, the food they ate, and their housing become secondary." -- Jessie MacLeod, associate curator and lead curator of the Lives Bound Together Exhibit, explaining the living conditions and treatment of the enslaved at Mount Vernon in this video. This video is catered to answering questions for a younger audience, but as Mount Vernon historian Mary Thompson writes, "many of the worst things one thinks about in terms of slavery - whipping, keeping someone in shackles, tracking a person down with dogs, or selling people away from their family - all of those things happened either at Mount Vernon or on other plantations under Washington’s management." We encourage you to learn more about slavery at Mount Vernon using our resources: www.mountvernon.org/slavery Mount Vernon’s Slavery RU-vid Playlist: bit.ly/3g6fEVt Mary Thompson’s book: bit.ly/3ga5H9w Mount Vernon’s Museum Exhibition Lives Bound Together: bit.ly/34oo9JF
@OmgLookAtTheYuckerMan Waaiong y'all all just crazy AF. Making it out like say if i had a wife who was black and was cooking and cleaning etc it would be a form of slavery. Slavery is over and it only exists in y'alls extremely simple mind space which isn't much.
What ever happened three hundred years ago is irrelevant its an easy excuse to do what ever you want with no reprisal.....get a sense of humor or is that awhite only thing to have because of the ancient scrolls of slavery say it is .. btw suck it!
It doesn't matter if that's how people were raised or if black people sold their own into slavery (which was absolutely wrong btw, not trying to defend them) - Slavery was WRONG. If you have common sense, you know that if a humanoid being thinks, talks, and acts like anyone else, that's a person, and, being a person, you would also know that no person would want to be OWNED. There were plenty of people who were against slavery, so if they can figure it out, so could slave owners. Slavery is BAD. I cannot believe that is something I have to explain.
i meannn there were some good treated slaves...by good i mean better than being beaten daily and killed,being fed properly ya know.not everyone wanted slaves just to bully
Antwaun Robinson im not disagreeing with you but not all slaves were treates that badly...its kind of like getting kidnapped by some creep but he treats you good,feede u well,doesnt torture you,buys u things...its fucked up but he could be doing a lot worse things...slavery is one of the worst things ever done by humans but not all of them were visiously beaten and murdered
@@nba_strictly_0870 Lol. There is no such thing, man. I'm hip to where you trying to go, but there's no way to say "I treat my human property well." Feel me? If you want to treat them well, let them leave. That's treating them well. Of course not all slave masters would be rude in their approach to enslaving humans, because you catch more flies with honey than vinegar. In other words, you'll get your human property to do more work and like you more if they tell them to do something with a smile rather than with a whip... Kind of like today's world.
Like property i guess. I'm not sure it's possible to treat a slave 'fairly'. I mean...if you wanted to treat someone 'fairly' you wouldn't own them as property.
I suppose it means "fairly" in context of other slave owners. Washington's way was perhaps "the lesser of two evils" I suppose one could say, and from that viewpoint, while being treated as property is objectively still wrong, I suppose it can also be said that even the treatment of property varies from owner to owner, and as I understand it, Washington privately he expressed a belief that slavery's end would ultimately be necessary for the nation's survival. Really makes me wonder how much Washington's views on slavery changed over the course of his life.
@Starscream91 Especially considering slave owner Benjamin Franklin released his slaves in life and became president of the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. Not all slave owners were like Benjamin Franklin.
Read Frederick Douglass’s memoirs. He had a remarkably varied set of experiences, some of which he could look back on positively, and others were truly terrible.
@telsa roadster Please tell me that should have had a sarc tag. Most people working for minimum wage are teenagers or other entry level workers. It is not intended to support a family. Of course, its original purpose was to prevent black men from finding employment.
@Drake Only recently, you should see the old videos about Mount Vernon. One would never believe a slave ever lived there, and when they did talk about them it was as if it was a trip to Disneyland.
I don't know if they didn't sugarcoat. But I appreciate the answer was fairer than a simple "he treated them well, or he was kind to them" which would be ridiculous. A slavemaster that demands exactly all slaves back was probably into some gruesome activities, we also know he was into the occult being a high ranking freemason and a slave at Mount Vernon described him worse than his neighbour slavemasters and since the worst of them was probably horrible, I can't even imagine what George Washington did. Let's just be honest here, the man was mostly just for show and people idolized him because they needed someone to glorify.
Bill Osborne Your opinion that it wasn't sugarcoated can be deemed as an assumption. What if it was in fact sugarcoated? Put it this way... if u were to document say your childhood, I would not be surprised if certain things that were perhaps incriminating/embarrassing/etc. were conveniently left out.
Intercepting Fist apparently some slave owners tried to treat slaves as human beings and respect them as human beings is it that hard of a concept to understand?
@Jeremy Shaffer only were not on a plantation being forced into manual labor with no pay and little to no clothes or food and we don't get whipped if were not acting accordingly lol
@@jdstearman nono, in the middle east slavery continued until very very late, but only until 1960 at most Now people there are almost slaves but at least they're not property
2:44 "we don't think whipping was a constant occurrence at Mount Vernon, but it happened regularly." AKA: it didnt happen all the time, but it did happen all the time.
I do not believe it happened all the time on every farm. I'm sure that some were very cruel...others, not so much. I read a piece where the author stated Jefferson raped Sally Hemmings. Hogwash. Hemming was Martha Jefferson's half sister. It was said she looked very much like the late Martha. Hemmings stayed with Jefferson till he died, and, then lived in Charlottesville until her death. I fully believe Jefferson and Hemmings were in love. Interracial relationships were taboo...and while Hemmings had special quarters near Jefferson, it was in a basement room..dark and dismantling. It is a fact that Slavery owners routinely raped young Black slaves...a disgusting situation.
Emma Raff i actually enjoy boink doll rampages bevause the crash and burn - it was God that said to treat our slaves fairly and like our own? (These young have whore, score and steal for skills. THEY belong in a field too.)
you have not read the Bible then? of course I am against ownership of human beings. but in the Bible, GOD's Holy Word, it did matter that slaves were treated well and that slaves obeyed their owners. slavery has taken place from as far back as we have records and is still taking place today.
@@seichorn4079 that's not the slam dunk you think it is. You just described the reason why a lot of people don't trust the bible or Christianity in general.
@@AStrangeWindmill wasnt going for a slam dunk. I was relating historical information. every culture on this planet kept slaves from as far back as was recorded. even blacks in Africa kept slaves. slavery is ongoing in Africa and the Middle East. as well as human trafficking which is slavery. the United States is always the target for harsh criticism. but every nation shares in the guilt.
@@seichorn4079 what does that have to do with the price of tea in China, though? Slavery in North America or Europe doesn't become better or worse simply because it also happened in Africa or the Middle East.
@@AStrangeWindmill not sayig that. Im saying that throughout history, slavery was practiced in all nations. it was a normal practice and being such, the treatment of those slaves does matter. just like the treatment of employees matter. or the treatment of anyone you hold power over. have you never studied psychology or anything really? you are arguing points that dont make sense in the context of history. you realize you dont have the power to change history right? lol!
@Dra O no society needs poorly uneducated** hillybillys who right songs about how much whiskey they drink n drugs etc.pfffft your argument is lame get a new one.
@@lukemain4222 Just something I've thought about growing up, but how humbling would it be if the Great Trump plan implodes, like it's going right now? Billionaires and average Americans could all be naked and hunting rats in NYC? Naked Floridians hunting wild hog with a kitchen knife? I know you are far superior to me, but I pray for you, that when stuff hits the fan you and your family are still living in luxury. I will always try to build up and you and my other Americans Happy Birthday America!! It's the 4th!!
@@malachibrunson8154 We can all agree it is not right to own slaves, even if you take people from a worse situation it does not excuse it, but lets not fool ourselves living in Africa was violent and not fun. A lot ot people forget that in Africa they also had slave traders and slaves, they were than sold to europeans and taken to the USA, south America to work on plantations or similar.
0:56 - "So of course, even though Washington believed he was being fair, from the perspective of enslaved people, it's quite likely that they didn't agree." You don't say!
IDK. The fact that they complained to him about rations, etc. may say something that at least they didn't fear they would be killed for speaking about these things. Maybe there was a plantation next door where the owner hired to most brutal overseers possible and the Mt Vernon slaves thought they had it good by comparison? Obviously their perspective would be different than Washington's, or any northern abolitionist, or anyone living today.
@@michaelsantos8377 could you prove that All slaves were treated that way? Without any proof, your generalization is plain dumb. If you are shown evidence of just 1 slave that was treated well, then your generalization crumbles and the girl's question becomes a valid query.
Well slaves were usually worked to death elsewhere in the Americans or castrated and killed in the Arab world. Compared to how most slaves or even peasants were treated at that time Washington’s was luxury. But as she said at the end of the video they still lived in fear and had no lives of their own.
sparkle jump rope gangsta Relatively to most of the world which was being worked or starved to death in much worse conditions. And he did free them upon death.
I remember as a kid and I first found out that George Washington had slaves my teacher assured me that he treated them kindly. You can have a great man founded a country who was also cruel and self righteous. People are complicated and, you know, people.
margaret nesbeth When I think about it, I don’t feel like people always mean they “founded” it in the sense that they discovered the land. I see it as the built the institutions that would’ve used to run a functioning society, they had people that would build and raise a “civilized” community, and they came up with a lot of systems we use today. This is just my perspective, but I think it makes a lot more sense to say that these people founded the country in this sense.
@@margaretnesbeth593 I think they meant "founded" more in the sense that they played an essential role in the formation of the country into what it is today, part of it's "foundation" if you will
@@margaretnesbeth593 no America was not founded before the revolution. The native Americans were not unified, they were split into hundreds if not thousands of tribes. Many of them did have their own nations such as the iroquois, aztec, and inca. But the aztecs were conquered and turned to mexico and the inca to peru, the natives such as the iroquois and did not found America. And all the people born and raised in the americas for generations now are native at this point and we should all be working to improve the lives of everyone in our countries.
No, we need to teach and remind people that the 'founding fathers' were rich monsters not people to idolize. It's disgusting how our history paints them as great men while they stole, murdered and enslaved.
She said it wasn't a "constant occurrence but it did happen regularly". I take it to mean that people weren't getting whipped all day everyday, but it happened often enough. HTH.
My 6 year old niece informed me that they were teaching her about Washington and on how "great" he was. Of course I felt the need to let her know who he was in his totality. My heart became heavy as I saw her reaction but at the same time proud that she expressed sadness and disappointment. She said "that's not right". Yes my sunshine no one should ever own another person. To be free is universal.
@@texashoosier7318 because it was completely different socially, culturally, even entertainment was different at that time. You think people back in those days had any rights to start with? Until America came along and give us ideas on stoic freedom, we've always yearned for freedom but America itself is the IDEA of freedom where people of all race and Creed come together and try to firm common ideas and find a middle ground so we can all try to have satisfaction through the whims of legislation.
yeah he thinks whipping is fair says it all thinks keeping slaves until he told otherwise. heart and conscience should have told him before it became his job to fix it
This was an honest answer to this child’s question. I was happy to see that and not making it sound like anything but what it was. Cruelty at an extreme level, to another human being.
The concept of owning humans is repugnant. It still goes on in lots of the world, including parts of Africa Glad the USA eradicated it within our borders.
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@Alexis Fitzroy Because George Washington and his slavery fiasco was in the 1700's. People pissed off today at a man that owned slaves centuries ago thus the mention of it now being 2020. People need to stop digging into the past, being pissed off about it, holding people today accountable for actions of people int he past and move forward with their lives. The only thing holding anyone back in today's society is themselves. That's why!
Tommy Vega I’ll put it like this. If I had to be a slave I’d want to be Washington’s. Washington was known for his noble character. Perhaps not perfect but better than most. I think that it isn’t a stretch to assume he treated his slaves with that same nobility.
The Mean Arena for one look at the title of the video..and two...holocaust, 9/11, Christopher Columbus, all “ancient history” but yet nobody seems to say that about that huh
@@joee7850 I liked your comment, but we can give her a little credit. She is addressing a young girl. I know from parenting experience that the deeper you go, the more timid your answer becomes. Try giving the sex talk to your 8 year old because they want to know what sex is.
I'm really impressed that you guys didn't sugarcoat this. Thank you. Here's what I'd like to know: how aware of these conditions were the white abolitionists, like Lafayette, who had close relationships with Washington?
There are no surviving documents in which Lafayette specifically comments on conditions at Mount Vernon, but he visited Washington’s home, so he would have been aware of how enslaved people lived there.
I don't know if they didn't sugarcoat. But I appreciate the answer was fairer than a simple "he treated them well, or he was kind to them" which would be ridiculous. A slavemaster that demands exactly all slaves back was probably into some gruesome activities, we also know he was into the occult being a high ranking freemason and a slave at Mount Vernon described him worse than his neighbour slavemasters and since the worst of them was probably horrible, I can't even imagine what George Washington did. Let's just be honest here, the man was mostly just for show and people idolized him because they needed someone to glorify.
Michael Flores Your opinion that it wasn't sugarcoated can be deemed as an assumption. What if it was in fact sugarcoated? Put it this way... if u were to document say your childhood, I would not be surprised if certain things that were perhaps incriminating/embarrassing/etc. were conveniently left out. I'm just being open minded, and no, I am not black.
George Washington's Mount Vernon I disagree that it is certain Lafayette would have been aware of how Washington treated his slaves simply since he visited Washington's home. A host may curse, fart, and pick his nose when alone but refrain when in front of guests.
Hey joapps. Super interesting reply. I dont know why being black or not was relevant. To me, the bar for "sugarcoating" was whether or not the video tried to say Washington was somehow not as responsible for the daily horrors of living as a slave. The video did not say that. For a 5 minute video, I think we can say it was very frank. Since the length is short, we can assume a lot of things were left out. That doesnt mean it was sugarcoating anything. As for Lafayette, I dont understand your comment, if I'm being honest.
Marjorie Tillman I cant speak for the education of the past but I think modern education, while I don’t always agree with their presentation of bipartisanship, I think they give a pretty wholistic view of history especially of black Americans
@@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956 I have to disagree with you. Where in American history is black history talked about or really studied? Do we know which countries majority of Africans can from? What prominent African figures were active during slavery? What was black life like after the reconstruction? I know most will say we study black people in history but, it is not the same as European history.
cottonballus well ya to be perfectly honest the continent of Africa has very little influence on our society besides introducing us to their form of slavery. I’m not see if that what your referring to or you mean African Americans. And if you mean African Americans Federico Douglas and Harriet Tubman are insanely influential black Americans who get talked about constantly.
@@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956 you are right. The african continent doesn't have anything to do with our country. Neither does the European/English country. Yet we are taught in schools about the English people and their ways of life and politics. Not to dismiss European people but, black history did not start with slavery. I understand that Africa does not mean nothing to some but, others would like to know the who, why and what really happened to lead to the actions of the traders and accomplices. I believe that to highlight only certain African American figures are highlighted to try and pacify those who do not want to really look at American history. That is a problem and that is why people are now tearing down statues. Teaching onesided, incomplete and faulty history will ensure we will repeat the histroy we are seeking to know.
Truth Finder ur right it’s not like Europeans just showed up and were like “look at these idiots let’s enslave them”, they saw Africans with other Africans enslaved and bought them form them. But honestly who cares, throwing around blame is just we stupid as anything else
I wish I learned this in school. Giving a different perspective on Washington is helpful for us Americans to realize that the Founding Fathers were not Gods to be worshiped but products of their time with deep flaws. Of course, this doesn’t excuse their actions, but it forces us to examine our values instead of just having blind nationalism.
These oligarchs didn't find anything. Revolution and servile insurrection is always wrong, regardless of the outcome. Its usually worst, for the average citizen. Taxes actually went up on the average citizen, after the war. Washington was never elected president. He was selected, by the other slave owning oligarchs.
@Todd Warmbrodt Not true. How do you figure? Today America has more people incarcerated, than any other country on earth. 71% of the wealth, since 1776 as been inherited. That wealth was made on the backs of slaves, slave labor.
@Todd Warmbrodt America is 47 th in the world in life expectancy. #1 in infant death, mortality rate. 1% control 88% of the wealth. Currently has over 1000 military bases in the World. China, Saudia Arabia, South Korea, Japan hold 90% of American debt. America currently spends 780 billion a year on military. Today 150 million people in this oligarchy have no health care. 500 thousand year file bankruptcy. Infrastructure is crumbling. Empires come and they go, for the same reasons.
@@rstuv8141 Man chose sin in Eden. God's holiness has never changed. However who he reveals that holiness too, and when he reveals that holiness does change. The wages of sin is death.
Code Name there are also degrees of cruelty. Washington was not the worst, but as a practical businessman, he enforced the rules to maintain order and control.
Steve Bingham and your point is...? Do you think this absolves blame somehow? Many poor people in Pakistan and India sell their young child into slavery today. The child is chained to a rug loom for years as he/she weaves rugs. So that is ok because his parents sold him. It matters not a whit that the initial sale was in Africa. The sin cloaks all involved up and down the line.
Steve Bingham yes blacks sold blacks, but they stayed in or near their country. Same customs same language, culture and the possibility of going home. None of it was good but the slave ships transporting people across the ocean was devastating. They were marked by skin color. It was the most evil.
In terms of profitability to treat a slave harshly or not provide for his needs is a stupid business move. You let your slave get sick, whip him into unconsciousness doesn’t keep your costs down. If you lose a slave because you aren’t very smart you will have to buy another. So Washington being smarter and of a better character than most probably treated his slaves better.
Very well done and honest. The staff and historians of Mt Vernon should be commended for not diminishing the story or falsely trying to paint GW in a better light than what socially was the norm.
The truth must be told ! Thank you so much for telling us all those facts we can not forget what happened in order to learn from the mistakes society did in the past! Let’s turn together and try hard to build a better world fo is all ❤️
@@alcostello6114 Apart from the fact that there were Black soldiers in the Civil War, after slavery came sharecropping, then segregation/Jim Crow, then ghettoization through redlining/gerrymandering, the prison industrial complex, and now gentrification. That, and there's still slavery in the United States and the world, and it disproportionally impacts people of color. There's still a lot of work to do.
Chattel slavery, where you are property, and your children and their children will also be property, doesn't exist anymore. People still get exploited in lots of bad ways, but it ain't the same.
I first visited Mt. Vernon in about 1954 at age 13. I was shocked at the slave quarters right behind the mansion that were tiny structures looking like rabbit hutches. It was a horrifying sight, and in full view from the parlor windows of the mansion. I visited Mt. Vernon again in the 1990's, and those hutches were gone! The only thing to indicate that there had been slaves was a supposed common burial plot out of sight from the house, with an inadequate common description. I've never been able to get the stark image of those hutches out of my memory.
@@namelia4439 I think his point is : at the time it seemed perfectly reasonable . Like today crapping outside is a jailable offense ...back then it was commonplace . One hundred years from now our descendants will think we were barbarians too. For any number of reasons ( high crime , police brutality , animal eating , etc)
@Suzanne "You can argue the point with God when it is your turn to explain why" and you'll never get to explain your slavery apologetics to god because you're going straight to hell.
Eric Smith You have the right to your own opinion but do you see how bad your comments sounds. Just think abt it for a second. Hope you and everybody that reads this has a blessed day
Eric Smith I didn’t expect you to respond so quickly😅 As a black person myself 1.) I don’t necessarily believe a major part of the black community try to politicize things like this but only a handful. 2.) Of course all your gonna see on a daily basis is black people not taking responsibility, because of the media. The media likes to only talk about that one handful and not the millions of other black people doing amazing things. There actively putting all the bad things that the small handful are doing and leading people to say things like “Ooo this is what black people are all about” Sorry for the little side rant, but I thank you for sharing this comment so we both can get two perspectives on these issues😄
Eric Smith Glad we could find A common ground. I do agree that they want to turn us on each other and just “mop it up”😂 Greetings from Texas and I’m just curious but how old are you? I’m 14. Just tryna test out my political knowledge cause it’s a good thing to have. God bless
You have to remember...slavery was part of life then. Every nation pretty much used forms of slavery. It wasn't til later that nations started ending slavery.
Or maybe or voice is usually shaky in front of a camera.... yeah they were treated like slaves, and she doesn’t want to go into horrific details to answer a 12 year olds question
“If there be an object truly ridiculous in nature it is an American patriot signing resolutions of independency with the one hand and with the other brandishing a whip over his affrighted slaves.’’ - Thomas Day
Yeah what kind of idiots signs a constitution that says "All men are created equal" in it then still has slaves. American Schools today still brainwashes kids into thinking George bush and Christopher Columbus were great and amazing when in reality they were just cold hearted evil fucks.
Magneta Cyan it’s kinda simple. They didn’t think slaves were full human. More like between animals and humans. 3/5th clause and all. If you knew that, you’d understand why they signed a document saying “all men are created equal”.
@@alcostello6114 That had to do with representation in Congress. The south wanted the slaves to count 100% like whites. The north didn't want them to count thus they reached a compromise. The 3/5th compromise. Hope this helps.
@@chasencage4092 you don’t understand what I’m saying. The fact they considered a slave 3/5 of a person dictates pretty clearly they didn’t see them as fully human.
The black community will be better off if they vote for Donald Trump.BLM is oppressing the black community to bring in democrat leaders who don't give a fan about black community. Democrats = slavery Democrats = like Check it out for yourself.
@Stephen RunsHisMouth wow saying that someone's been "lied to" because they believe in something different? Totally not disrespectful and self-righteous. It's fine to believe in whatever, just don't disrespect others' beliefs. Be a descent person, I think God would want that too.
Stephen RunsHisMouth which Bible? There’s so many versions. Plus God is everything... man, woman, water, fire, air etc... I wouldn’t discredit The Almighty with a specific gender.
Thank you for making an honest video about this. I’ve often heard people, being from the Deep South, say, “Oh, well, such and such slave owner, was good to their slaves, and treated them fairly.” By whose perspective did they treat them well, these people were still considered property. Slavery is a disgusting part of our history as a nation, the only way we will ever be able to move forward, and heal, is to acknowledge that there is a whole group of people who lived a very different version of history, and it was not the wonderful version of freedom we like to tout in our history text books.
I don't know if they didn't sugarcoat. But I appreciate the answer was fairer than a simple "he treated them well, or he was kind to them" which would be ridiculous. A slavemaster that demands exactly all slaves back was probably into some gruesome activities, we also know he was into the occult being a high ranking freemason and a slave at Mount Vernon described him worse than his neighbour slavemasters and since the worst of them was probably horrible, I can't even imagine what George Washington did. Let's just be honest here, the man was mostly just for show and people idolized him because they needed someone to glorify.
M Mince I wish people throughout most of history had put themselves into slave’s shoes to help them understand how they felt so that they would be treated fairly instead of being bullied around by their owners, but no, slave owners didn’t give a damn about their feelings because they were not seen as human!
Slavery was objectively bad in ancient Rome and objectively bad later on, but I suppose that even the treatment of property varies from owner to owner. Makes me wonder why Washington even treated black people as slave property and didn't instead treat them as a family that were 100% human beings, as from what I understood, he wasn't as cruel as other slave masters were and apparently regretted having owned slaves later in his lifetime.
I am 73 years old and I went to school I never had a sugar coated history class or a teacher who changed our history to try to fool us. I knew slavery was wrong and so did the other kids.but you nit wits want to act like you discovered the real story because you want to take up racial divisions again and to you I say shame shame shame.
Slavery is and has been a societal issue since the beginning of time and there are many forms of it still today. Let's try to address the problems of the present by learning from the past.
J Gowen the number is closer to 40 million technically, it‘s still very prominent in the Middle East and Africa, let alone the forced labour camps of Asia, and sex slavery is huge everywhere unfortunately.
@@toxicturtle9077 Yes, the dog is dead, but long lives it's chain. The legacy of slavery in the Americas lives on in how certain people are treated today. But I agree with the fact that all forms of slavery are wrong, but they cannot be addressed in the same way. Too many complexities.
I'm a African American descendant of West Ford, the Quander and the Queen family of Charles County, Mayland. There is speculation that West Ford is George Washington only son. Nonetheless, I share DNA with them which is unsettling and truly amazing at the same time. Today my family on average has 60% African and 40% European DNA as we have the Y European chromosome passed down from male to male. This claim has been confirmed with researchers and DNA testing along with Charles County, Mayland court documentation.
So was yo mama 😎💣💥🔥 I just OWNED you.. Plas how many years has it been till today since Washington BEEN DEAD. Good thing I'm white I would probably be a son to Washington and the blacks just get work. I thought middle school was long and hard. 😐
@@maureencora1 not hating anything. Why do some people in comments is some videos always think I'm hateful or have anger like this is star wars or something? The dark side
@GazB85 wow it's been a long time since I got comments on this video 😐 now you write back now? And man do you people take things too seriously and sensitive in the 21 century. 😒 what happened to the world??
Wrong. They won’t whip people today because someone will use their 2nd amendment. Go out to their car and come back and do mass murder with an AR-15. That’s right people already do that.
It's a question the student wanted to know and the students of the class worked directly with the teacher, not Mount Vernon to determine what they were going to ask. We were simply happy to be able to respond to her excellent question.
“We”?....what is it about slavery black ppl should celebrate?.....I’ll even entertain the thought of agreeing with your statement, by saying Jewish ppl should be proud of surviving the holocaust, and not judge Hitler....after all Germans made many medical breakthroughs by experimenting on Jewish prisoners......or what about Bill Cosby?.....where’s his pass?.....weren’t quaaludes a popular party drug many ppl took back in the day?.....are we keeping that same energy for all past events?
@@haywardmyers8464 He's saying we should celebrate the contribution the people in the past made for us today. It's easy to judge people in the past by the moral standards we have today, but times were different. We say we no longer support slavery, but yet, we are still buying products from Apple and Nike. We know slavery is wrong but yet we still rock Jordans and are probably watching this from our iPhone. Our phones should cost at least 10k, but it's not. We like to condemn the system while reaping the benefits, just like the founding fathers. It's no different. People are dying just so we can have this discussion online. History is rough but we should be grateful for the progress we made
My ancestors were raped, my ancestors were enslaved, my ancestors still did what they had to do to survive. They also wanted better fir us and to Learn from the past. We need to move foward. We need to be like our plants and grow taller. This is us showing our strength. We look to our past to remind us what not to repeat. Remember, slavery first began in Europe and in parts of Africa and the middle east. Now..... the people I pain for most un our country over Anyone.... is Our native Americans. Now one asked how they felt when people from the other side of the world invaded their land and ripped them from their deeds they Still today get the shortest end of the stick and recieve less Grant's and opportunities more than any other legal group in this country!! Only some found a way due to casinos. However, do your research. Look at have many natives from All of the Americas and its islands suffered. I'm thankful I dont know what it is to be considered property, nor my mom nor my grandmother. Nor even my great grandmother. Time gotten better as generations passed and people became better educated
No matter how "well treated" , it's always demeaning to be considered someone else's property. Slave masters had life and death control of the people they held in bondage. This horrible fact is always dismissed by those who claim poor Southern whites had it worse or almost as bad. White people weren't auctioned off like livestock, beaten, abused or had families seperated on a whim.
So nobody was pimpin they’re women??? Pahleeze women and children have bought sold and traded all around the world forever and now that we have the most equality you want to dig up the dark part of our past and cause trouble today? Why not get along now in the ways of our lord and savior Jesus has said and make America great again or better yet make the world great!
@@jona3180 Well I'm more than pretty sure you're wrong about that. In fact I know you're wrong. You're not the first to use this Irish slave myth to defend white folks. There were both white and African indentured servants, but absolutely no white slaves. America introduced African slavery gradually, at first Blacks were servants only.
A key issue not addressed here is how Washington's viewpoint on slavery changed over his lifetime and how this may have influenced how his treatment of those he owned changed over time. Wahington's view on slavery prior to the war had been unremarkable and indistinguishable from that of any other large slaveholder; he sought to exploit the institution in pursuit of profit. But the war and the rhetoric of liberty and freedom that were used to justify the war posed a contradiction that a person as conscientious as Washington could not ignor. He felt increasingly trapped by the system of slavery and increasingly responsible for the well being of those enslaved people that lived on the farms of Mount Vernon. He stopped buying and selling slaves for profit and established a policy of keeping families together. He gave up trying to make the operation of his farms overcome the poor soils of Northern Virginia and operate as a profitable venture. Instead he operated them to provide food for Mount Vernon's population including his extended family, the families of his employees and of the enslaved persons in his care. Freeing Mount Vernon's slaves was limited by changing laws, by the difficulties of former slaves attempting to live as free persons and by his own inability to operate Mount Vernon without them. Nevertheless he provided for his slaves in his will by freeing those legally owned by him upon Martha's death. This is something that apparently no other among America's "founding fathers" was to do.
Much of those other aspects are talked about in other videos. This one was about the treatment of the enslaved, not necessarily about Washington's perspectives.
David, you mentioned something that relatively few people realize today: in many cases slaves could not just be "freed". Since slaves were viewed first and foremost as property, the owners were responsible for them, much the same way today you cannot just leave your car on the sidewalk when it doesn't work anymore. And since slaves could be inherited, or belong to a family and not an individual, the process of freeing those enslaved people was quite tricky.
In many cases, slaves could not be freed until the death of the owner. You have to understand that slaves had no legal status as citizens. At the time, states had far more say than they do now, and southern states refused to grant slaves any rights. Slave owners, in particular those who inherited slaves (as many did) were hamstrung by slavery laws. Even the most sympathetic had an extremely difficult time freeing slaves because of the laws in place that protected the institution. In most cases, the owner had to die and stipulate in his will that any slaves be freed, and even then it was tricky if those slaves were inherited, because then they were regarded as family "property" and passed on to the closest living relative. There are also cases of people inheriting slaves they did not even want, yet they were forced to take. Once again, this was all done to ensure that slavery didn't disappear. Even those who wanted to buy freedom for their slaves were in a difficult position because the cost was extremely high and during the 18th and early 19th century even the wealthiest Americans were "cash poor", meaning few people had large sums of currency. Most of the wealth during that time period was counted in the amount of land owned, not how much actual cash was on hand. As with many other aspects of the past, this part of history is far, far more complex than we are led to believe today.
David J Gill It does not matter that later in his life after he profited and became rich that he took a softer approach to the exploitation of those people was not as not as extreme does not undo his previous deeds. As he got older and knew that he would answer for his sins I’m sure that weighed on his conscious.
What is “fair” about chattel slavery? In war you have a “fighting chance”.In slavery you’re fighting FOR a chance...to fight for a chance...just to be CONSIDERED a Human Being. But, don’t worry... WE are still HERE. And... “The game is (still ) afoot”.
Why can't we pass judgement? We know for a fact that many people of that time considered slavery morally wrong and fought against that institution. We know that even slave holding founding fathers questioned the institution, but figured the economic fallout if they abolished slavery
James E Well, based upon your argument, the US faces the exact same issue today. We leverage China’s lower wages, worse living conditions, and extremely high pollution to buy cheaper goods. It is wrong on so many levels, but people are concerned about the costs of goods if the goods were manufactured responsibly and humanely. So, people of today are no better.
This brought me back to my years of slavement in my native land with my own people. We are called katolong which means helpers. But Katolongs are not helpers. They are something other than human. We are not included in the food budget. We ate left overs and scraps. We provided our own clothing. Each Katolong could only afford one which our mistress would provide as part of our pay. We slept on racks in the laundry room where it's wet and slippery. And we work endlessly, scrubbing the floor, ironing, cooking, washing dishes and since there were no modern conveniences like washing machines, clothes are washed by hands.
C Cemanes I’m so sorry to hear this. I think it’s so easy for people to assume that there aren’t people enslaved as in your experience. You are an inspiration for surviving, thank you for sharing your story.
When we visited Mount Vernon we were in one of the slave rooms - that the slave and his family of 7 lived in. Now the room was empty and one idiot on the tour said “this is a nice big room” My dad rolled his eyes and said “It is empty now. Imagine an entire family living in this room - day in, day out. Not to mention, they were slaves and were forced to live here” The idiot persisted in insisting the room was large and he could see no problem living there with a family. 😤🙄
I hear the argument that he was a product of his time and era. I've read the constitution, it is very eloquent and well thought out document. The authors of that document surely knew that owning another human being was immoral.
Since you seem to lack history knowledge let me just say at the time they weren't seen nor acknowledged as a person...probably thought it was closer to an animal than a person at the time...it was later in the mid 1800 when they acknowledged them as one third of a person...so technically at the time by the constitution it didn't applied to them
Sungmin Kwon at the very same time that some people didn’t even recognize slaves as people, a few of their own peers spoke out against their actions. their actions being enslaving human beings. so your comment and that bullshit history you claim is truth, is full of shit.
It's not so much a case that many persons of that era, familiar the Constitutional decrees of equality beneath Law, little understood it's benign inference freedom of equality all persons within jurisdiction of Constitutional Rule effected thru these Laws encased Justice for all. That the people of the day up north, even south thought of slaves as animals. Alone an insurgency in sectors, as today... power's corner acclaimed so, thought in vast minority of registry the plantation elite who to keep possession named such due a convenience sake own interest. However these master's paid toll of unjust practise were swiftly forthcoming. Rather a case more or less conditioned rationales prevailed upon a throwback on human development in a primitive sense, instate humanity's beginnings within a crude application of survival tactics. Misconstrueing the ancient rites upon the African Continent, now known the cradle of humanity, were rituals intact from our earliest beginnings. Traditions of warfare among denezins, dominance long in operation of suppression of species since humanity's start. Civil regions had cast off these excessive restraints in time called bondage, forced servitude, spoils of warfare. However regrettably uncivil, brutish mercenary endeavors cast avarice again. Stone cold, their were those who stood to profit, greed the impetus opportunity, procured licence to offend civility here in this new land of Just Laws. Take advantage of an old, actually ancient way of thinking 'might makes right' or force thru naturalistic means oppression can rule rather than Sovereignty of Universal Law. Materialistic-minded who offended newly formed statutes of beneficense under Constitutional Law. Universal Law established an equality overall. A nation We, the People challenged supremacy between these two titan contenders, a nation vested Universal Law or force..cohesion, conscription contesting what was termed the divine right of kings vs. the common person. Still ongoing today this contest of subservience to would-be masters the free peoples this nation subjugated. Far as Washington goes, not young then he had fought the good fight the birth of this nation an indenture of freed Destiny, taking it's dire effect upon himself. Battle worn this was not yo be his fight, it would fall to another ably possessing the Founding Father's vision more truer seen vista equality enobling a nation perhaps further avowed than even themselves. Slavery was deeply entrenched a system of conquest for centuries. A long battle lay ahead to remove its deceptive coils wound the new nation. Washington having given his all, retired to the remainder his life, who's sacrifices set upon its course by his duties fulfilled. It would fall to others to preserve its flight of freedom, slavery being one test of a nation able to endure. This test of Freedom failed when enslaving another, as Lincoln argued latter amidst his foes the hypocrisy of the new nation just freed claiming domain over another race. Lincoln's keen insights, lawyer's savvy sharpened a sword severed designs imperialism the fate of America. He tore apart the fragmented series of sentiment's appeal, opinions this, as that..instead relying heavily on Principle. Enduring truths steadfast in time. Armed eloquence of speech which rsised consciousness, adamantly a determination born of honest revelation exposed awry state founders leading up to installments slavery, since accepted on such ignoble grounds found inhumane, revealing all the sophistications of his day. Calling out wrong-headedness justified expedient and rendered moot all the excuses for exploitations any the despotic kings used in the past to oppress themselves priorly. Only the most arrogant a**holes of such mind-squalor gave that crux an argument animalistic in own favor heresies the Constitution. Such hedonist intoxicated freedom, having thrust the shackles tyranny from own wrist clasp tightly onwards grab sadistic featured, sought power ill-used freedom fought for a revolutionary war and won., Freedom one-sided only to enslave another? Blasphemy a treachery befallen like a scurge upon the free peoples. Lincoln later upon leadership whom the decisive test fell a turbulent showing of dominant wills, many of whom opposed him did not want to bow beneath the Sovereignty of Just Law but ride above as their own past oppressors did. Pride-filled fools who little understood what the Constitution truly was. A Document of benevolence the down-trodden everywhere, release the religious persecuted in set the prisoners free. Arrogantly swollen of pride, all to soon task-masters cut down by the Civil War which destroyed, thru cruelty of war, the descendants of those propagates of subservience others would witness death and defeat of imperialism. Blood ran freely losing everything on a stake that oppression would go unrewarded it's own endangering freedom-sake overall a peculiar ancient misery. An ideology destructive then, as now when Justice comes balancing acts of oppression.
Seems like George Washington couldn't just free his slaves by law. Here's what I found. "Of the 317 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." "Neither George nor Martha Washington could free these dower slaves by law. Upon her death the slaves would revert to the Custis estate and be divided among her grandchildren." Under the Barton law of 1806, freed slaves w/o papers from their former masters, would be recaptured by the state of VA & placed back into slavery. Many of those state agents would rip up the papers freed slaves had & sell them back into slavery anyway. That's the old Dixie Democrat party for you. No wonder the U.S. Civil War was unavoidable.
This is why Ona Judge (enslaved, owned by Martha) escaped. She was never caught. Just finished reading the book, Never Caught, about Ona Judge. Fascinating story.
Its funny how these slave owners always seem to request that ' upon my death I request freedom of my slaves. I guess where you are going slaves aren't needed.
@@bigh9884 They usually did that, thinking the enslaved person would be too old to be of value for a sale. Some enslaved were not even freed then. Many times they were passed down as part of an inheritance.
Actually to creditors. These plantation owners were in debt up to their neck, as the old saying goes. Slaves, as personal property, had to be sold to pay off any debt, including any mortgage on Real Property. Once the debts were paid, then any remaining property went to the heirs. Given the rule that personal property had to be sold to pay off any mortgage, the only thing left was the real estate. The heirs would then remortgage the real estate and buy most of the personal property back, that included most of the slaves. Thus freeing slaves in a well was much like a begger writing a well giving his spouse a million dollars. I.e. there was no money to give and thus a meaningless clause in a will.
Hard to imagine the frustration of a life of working hard all the time but always receiving “just enough but not any extra”. Part of freedom is to receive just compensation for labor.
@@markjohnson6194 Geeze Mark, did a strangers RU-vid comment really make you that upset? You had 2 ways you could have responded and still communicated your idea... You could do it kindly or arrogantly. I think the smarter way to do it would be kindly, but thats just my opinion. Personally I don't think taking pride in your own perceived intelligence to be a good thing; no matter how smart you think you are, there will always be people smarter
@@myrnawashington9057 I take the view that whenever we do business with multinational corporations or big banks we are taking part in slavery, because with the smallest amount of research you can always find ties to slave labor in the supply chain... I really try to support small businesses and I do bank with a credit union, but its really unavoidable to not take any part at all. Unfortunately slavery and war have always been the two most profitable industries in the world and I think it would be foolish to assume it is a thing of the past.
I doubt he was any better or worse than the average slave holder. But you can’t judge someone who lived 230 years ago by today’s moral and ethical standards.
2020 teacher: George Washington was a good man and respected everyone. Me: didn’t George Washington have slaves? 2020 teacher: ..................................... ...............
I think there was a ton of sugarcoating. It was almost entirely from GW’s perspective, and offered ideas like “well of course it was logical to punish them after they did something bad, or feed and clothe them as cheaply as possible” which is a disgusting way to justify slavery being “of the times,” as though there weren’t abolitionists fighting against slavery; as though enslaved people didn’t know slavery was wrong and aren’t fully-formed human beings. Anything defending slavery as an action “of the times” is sugarcoating.
@@nataliep856 its not "justifying" the actions from a moral perspectice but rather explaining the way slaves were seen as tools by Washington and other slave owners.
Duker I’m not more worried about it; I’m just arguing about perspective. Nobody today is going around saying “any slavery happening in the world right now is fine!” But people act like slavery in the US was a sign of the times, or that the effects are no longer being felt, and neither is true. The effects of slavery can be found in redlining, in policing, and in mass incarceration. There’s a loophole in the 13th amendment allowing slavery in the case of a convicted person-I.e. in prisons. You should check out “13th” on Netflix it’s a great documentary. It deals with the way laws have been created explicitly to round up Black people-like “loitering” during reconstruction or the war on drugs in the 80s-to continue prison labor in this country. Our economic system would collapse without it. Black kids are more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white kids, even though white and Black people use drugs at almost the exact same rate. It’s not a coincidence. I’d highly recommend you check out that documentary it’s super smart, not too long, and challenged a lot of my beliefs about this country. :)
@@nataliep856 here is the problem, "it was in his best interest" should not be used at an excuse, but its built into American propaganda. Maximizing profits is supposed to be the natural state of the white race, leaving everyone else at their mercy.
SO WE CAN SAY , HE TREATED HIS SLAVES HORRIBLY. HE CONDONED ABUSE, SEPARATED FAMILIES , AND MADE BLACK PEOPLE WORK FOR HIM FOR NO WAGES. THAT'S A CONCENTRATION CAMP!!! HOW HORRIBLE!!! HOW IS THIS A HERO??!!!
@@AbigailAbi-Yah A slave is a slave lady! Get over it. The question can't be any more ridiculous. How did George Washington treat his slaves? Obviously he treated them like a slave. Whooping, beating, lashing, thrashing etc. You expect him to have dined alongside his slave? What if I say he made the slave the best man at his wedding? You happy now? 😁History is history. There is good and bad. Going back and rewriting is not possible. George Washington is one of the founding fathers of the nation. He is an absolutely legend in all aspects, and any action from his part which is considered today as a trespass or transgression, is very much excusable!
@James Reilly First telling me to shut up about something will have the opposite effect for you! I'm not one of these people in the streets crying about slavery, nor am I someone who feels guilty about things my ancestor have done. I simply made a comment about how shitty slavery was and you try to lecture me about the history of the world and slavery and then tell me to shut up. I've done my family tree so I know where my ancestor stood in relation to slavery...Just because every civilization in history has done it, doesn't make it right...You sound pro slavery, not to mention wound a little tight!
Of course, during Washington's time slavery existed virtually everywhere in the world, and they were treated better in America than most anywhere else. And only a small minority were strongly opposed to slavery. Almost everyone had to supplement their food supplies, and most common people had little more than a couple of suits of clothes.
Historical facts show that the slaves captured by the Moors if not sold or ransomed off would have died of malnutrition within a year. Europeans treated Africans worse because of the Barbary Pirate raids to obtain slaves in Europe. One of the largest raids was Baltimore Ireland in 1633. The Barbary Pirates would kill the old and men that would not swear an oath to Muhammad. The U.S. went to War with the Algerian Pirates in 1801 and 1805 stopping the white slave trade, but the Moors continued the capturing and selling of their own people.
@@A2bruta2 White Supremacist we aren't "Neo-Africans"( or Africans ) and those reparations are OWED. Demons like you should go help illegals and Israel.
@Mark Whitaker (HD) well some one treated these people we call slaves at the most but its the ones that try and take advantage that we all need to be worried about
We can, and should, look back at our forebears and Thank God that we finally stopped doing some of the things they did. But if we intend to erase our history depending on our evolved societal values, where do we stop. Do we erase the Founding Fathers for killing and eating animals, for denying women the vote? MUCH of what was taken for granted in those days now makes us cringe. That does not mean we can rewrite - or erase it. Nor can we resurrect and judge them for behaving in a way that was considered acceptable in their era.
It is not a matter of erasing history or the Founding Father's, but it is a matter of accurately describing the actions and attitudes of the people of that time. The social acceptability of the times does not excuse the hypocricy of the individuals who agreed on the one hand that "all men are created equal and are endowed by there creator with certain inalienable rights. That among these are the right to life liberty and the persuit of happiness". Yet did not recognize enslaved black people or Native Americans as individuals that were equal to them in the eyes of their creator. That is the height of hypocrisy
orsocarmel what they did was create living document that will create a land of free people no matter race. What you have to understand is the time. You couldn’t immediately go into war with slave owners after the British where defeated. It would have been a disaster. The English could have just invaded again and we would have been colonized. What happened was the inevitable. Hundreds of thousands of Americans dying to uphold the constitution which says all men are created equal and Abolish slavery on US soil. No other country in the history of has ever done this.
@@orsocarmel so we also need to look at the period of history and general attitudes. Slavery was considered acceptable in the US and the entire world until Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves. The Egyptians enslaved the Hebrews. All of tha ancient civilizations kept and sold slaves. In the 1600s the Barberry pirates (who were black Africans) kidnapped and enslaved all races - particularly white Europeans. There were white Irish slaves in the colonies in the 1600s. The first documented person to own slaves in the colony was actually a black man. Most of the slaves that ended up in the US were sold by black tribes. Less than 10% of the population owned slaves and many slave owners were black or Native American. Slavery is still a terrible problem. Libya and Saudi Arabia have horrendous slave trade and they are hardly the only countries that are active. Hundreds upon hundreds of thousands of children and women are trafficked across vulnerable areas of our borders. The Open Borders folks either don't realize how bad the problem is or they don't care or they are profiting from modern day slavery. As a matter of fact, that NXIUM sex cult was keeping smuggled South American and Mexican sex slaves in their closets. Multiple Presidents and their families participated in the trafficking. Don't forget, it wasn't that long ago that women were considered property as well. But I don't dwell on that fact. Instead I am extremely grateful that I can vote, and work, and own property.
@@LoveLightLiberty6868 Truth, I really don't know why some can't get by this. It was a completely different era. They used to bleed people when they got sick, they burned women at the stake for being witches, none of those things exist now. Owning slaves during that period was just commonplace, and some blacks owned slaves as well, but no one does that now. Why hold on to hate for something that happened before even any of our grandparents were born? I just watched something very interesting right here on RU-vid entitled Blacks in power don't empower blacks. Everyone regardless of race should watch it. It tells of the history of blacks in political positions and how it affected the black middle class. I think many would be shocked.
@@scallen3841 Or When Black people took millions of white slaves for over a thousand years with the Moores, Slavery with the Morres ended at the same time as Americas. Yet they never mention it, Nor the Millions of slaves taken from India to Africa or The Jews blacks enslaved.
Conclusion is Washington was cruel as they come so he can maximise his wealth then fought the British to avoid paying taxes on those profits. America was founded on greed. Don't Sugar coat it anymore just learn and use it as a platform to become a better country.
I have known that many of the founding fathers owned slaves since I was a kid but it was certainly not taught in grade school , middle school or high school where I lived . This information has always been available during my lifetime . Also know that my grandmothers great , great grandfather had a plantation and owned slaves . Certainly thats unthinkable to us today but it is history and we have to live with it and do our best to make it right .
Its called Propaganda!!! People have been enslaved since the beginning of time. It was AFRICAN people who sold other AFRICAN People and there have been slaves of every COLOR CREED AND RELIGION!!! THIS IS NOT A WHITE AMERICAN OR SOUTHERN ISSUE ITS INHUMANITY OF MEN TOWARDS MAN!!!!
@@bigpappa642 in America and Europe it was a white people issue. Doesn't much matter who else was doing what. If some dude down the street beats his wife. Does that make it ok for you to beat your wife? No. Does it make it ok for you to beat _his_ wife? Also no.
@@buckleup7886 Columbus was describing North American INDIANS he had NEVER seen before and the only thing that he could compare them to was what he already knew and that was of AFRICAN people's!! The first document of SLAVERY in the American Colony's where that of IRISH WOMEN and CHILDREN not AFRICAN nor American INDIANS. If you dig deep into HISTORY and find actual Historical facts and not Political Propaganda that has been passed down threw time you can learn alot!!!
@@buckleup7886 so you are part American Indian? You first say that Columbus documented dark skinned people who he only had knowledge of AFRICAN people's being of dark skin those documents from the first trip to the new world are still around but not documented cases of the first slave's brought to the new world? How does that even make sense or is it a huge conspiracy? Even King Gorge tried to stop the slave trade to the colonies and was told by Chief's of AFRICAN tribes that they would sell there captives from other tribes or kill them.. So the East Indian Trading company saw a opportunity for income and started the slave trade. But the INTER POINT IS THAT SENSE THE BEGINNING OF TIME THERE HAS BEEN SLAVERY OF EVERY RACE CREED CULTURE AND RELIGION ITS NOT EXCLUSIVELY AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY AGAINST BLACK PEOPLE. AND I SAY BLACK PEOPLE BECAUSE UNLESS YOU WHERE BORN IN AFRICA YOU ARE AN AMERICAN NOT AN AFRICAN AMERICAN. WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO CLAIM ALLEGIANCE TO A COUNTRY THAT SOLD THERE ANCESTORS AND TO THIS DAY HATES BLACK AMERICANS!! ITS THE ELITE CLASS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS AND THE NON ELECTED ELITE ESTABLISHMENT WHO ARE KEEPING THE RACISM ALIVE TO KEEP AMERICANS DIVIDED SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO CONTROL EVERYONE ON THE PLANTATION OF AMERICA AS THE TAX CATTLE!! WE AS A AMERICAN NATION NEED TO WAKEUP TO THE POLITICAL GAMES OF RACE BAITING AND TAKE BACK CONTROL OF OUR OWN COUNTRY AND OUR OWN LIVES WITH THE FREEDOM WE ARE ALL TO HAVE. THE RIGHTS GIVEN TO US BY GOD NOT GOVERNMENT THE RIGHT THAT WE ARE ALL CREATED EQUAL AND HAVE THE RIGHT TO PURSUE LIFE LIBERTY AND HAPPINESS AS WE SEE FIT AS ONE NATION UNDER GOD!!!
Just like kanye said “Slavery is a choice” and it is still going on to this day dont think it was abolished now its just polished, we still barely make enough to keep the roof over our head and have to slave away our whole life, but its because we choose to go along with it, we think thats the way its supposed to be, only we can make a change
Slavery was not a choice. You could choose to leave it, but everytime you did you put the people you loved at risk of insidious retribution for your actions. Don’t blame the victims when the oppressors have the power to change things but don’t.
Thank you for your kind words Amanda. We actually interviewed the descendants of the enslaved community at Mount Vernon as a part of our "Lives Bound Together" exhibit. You can watch the video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J5pf3-zRykU.html
To think that this man was praised and looked at with admiration for fighting off the British army to save the country from tyranny and yet he's a tyrant himself as a slave owner.
This may well all be true -- but keep some things in mind: 1) When the Declaration was signed and ratified, one of Jefferson's complaints about slavery and the Atlantic Slave Trade were removed. This paragraph basically mocked George III, who Jefferson claimed was "Christian," yet continued slavery and the Slave Trade -- something he saw as immoral and evil. The Founders truly wanted to abolish slavery -- but the issue was, 2 of the original 13 colonies did not: Georgia and South Carolina. This meant that had Jefferson's paragraph remained in the Declaration, the idea was twofold: 1) The King would have been over-excited, and ordered officers of the British Regulars to commit greater atrocities than they did, and 2) That slavery would have been outlawed, had the Colonies won the war. Georgia and South Carolina did not agree to this -- and because they did not, that paragraph about slavery and the Atlantic Slave Trade had to be removed, else the Declaration not be unanimous. 2) After his death, Washington freed the slaves he owned -- save for those of his widow. Jefferson could not free his slaves, because he died poor and destitute -- quite the difference from today, when a former president gets Secret Service protection for the rest of their lives, as well as a government stipend, after they leave office.
Good input Isaiah. Jefferson Died July 4th 1826 (as did John Adams) in bed at his beloved home of Monticello. He was not wealthy but in some debt though hard to say poor looking at a balance sheet with property values included. Cash flow was a different matter; not good. Jefferson did attempt to include the ending of Slavery in our founding documents. He did provide for the freeing of a number of his slaves opon his death. but due to a number of things he was not in a position to free them all. The Jefferson's extended family involved a number of plantations and there were financial obligations and entanglements to complicate matters. To understand Jefferson and his thoughts about slavery one must look to his record as a member of the house of Burgess, the colonial government of Virginia colony. He was likely the most highly respected intellectual his time. His scholership was broad boundless and well recognized. While there he introduced legislation on three occasions that would have curtailed or eliminated the practice of slavery in Virginia. All three times he spent his political capital in the effor but each time was defeated by his fellow house members. Subsequent to these defeats he later wrote That he was sure slavery would end but was resigned to the fact the it would not be in his generation. He passed 39 years before the emancipation.
..Good input Scott...P.S...I thought since we were giving out historical memorial wreaths of honor to the founding fathers. I thought I'd add a complimentary quote of the late Thomas Jeffersons last words on his death bed..."He said..."Indeed"! "I Tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just and that His JUSTICE cannot not SLEEP forever. Considering that numbers,nature,and natural means[ Law of reciprocity?] Only,a Revolution of the "Wheel of Fortune"an exchange of situation[slaves becoming Masters & Masters becoming slaves] is among POSSIBLE events,that the exact SITUATION may BECOME probable by SUPERNATURAL interference...Thomas Jefferson....And May the solemn Last WORDS of the President of the United States of America become PROPHECY fulfilled in these Last Days...[Jeremiah] [30:16] "KJV"...Thats all...Amein!🤓...Shalom
@@sethmeyer2443: And you're ignorant of history. Jefferson _despised_ slavery. If he didn't, why would he have: 1) Called out the hypocrisy of the King in the original draft of the Constitution? 2) Supported ending the importation of slaves by 1808? (Hint: This one is in the Constitution.) 3) Put forward not one, but _three,_ different proposals in the Virginia House of Burgesses, _which would have outlawed slavery in the Commonwealth of Virginia?_ Because anyone claiming "Jefferson was a monster" is outright wrong -- and is cherry-picking facts to suit an agenda and/or a narrative.
@charlie J ...Bravo!...That was simply brilliant! Sir,You displayed a certain eloquency coupled with insightful and historical relevancy that gave birth to Light!...That's all!...Shalom
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Yes, and it also was 230 years ago, so let's all calm down now, no one is going to be sold tomorrow.
@@aguy6641 Grace of God. I have been railroaded enough times to know the fate that can await you just being black and existing in the city I live. Trumped up charges that put you in financial and spiritual turmoil. Not knowing if you are going to be given years up the road for BS. Dealing with racist prosecutors who work in alignment with a racist system in its entirety. All of my brothers haven't been as fortunate to say the same. Back to your delusion!
We have slaves today. They work in Asia for you at poverty-level wages. Just because you don't see them, doesn't mean they are treated fairly. It's how you get your products so cheaply.
The average person in America during Washington time owned less than 4 outfits. The average person didn’t get new clothes yearly. What was the punishment for the average child that talked back to his or her parents? He got whipped. Did the average person in America have to supplement his diet with growing a garden or hunt or fish? Yes they did. The average American grew all of his food and either hunted for raised their own meat. While slavery is Arian’s was wrong. They had it bad. Lots of people had it bad. Slavery kept people from doing better.
@@willsr9412 Exactly, everyone has ancestors involved both sides of the equation oppressor and oppressed. Dual destinies, this is how we learn in grow as individuals whose perception includes more than just ourselves to benefit, at the cost of anothers dignity suppressed, but to share life as it comes in decency each other. Suffering thru our mistakes and becoming who we should be.
