Slave Life at Mount Vernon

[@chykim1]

How do you fight for your freedom yet enslaved others?!!

[@mountvernon]

That was the very same question Washington asked himself. You can learn more on our website: www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/slavery/washingtons-changing-views-on-slavery/

[@chykim1]

@@mountvernon omg... Thank you so very much for this, I never knew he thought this. I have to say, it makes me feel a hell of a lot better, I can't explain why it effects me so deeply, but it just does❤️❤️

[@JENDALL714]

America inherited Slavery from the British, the founding father's knew they could not outlaw Slavery right away, or the new country would fall apart, which is why they putting specific wording into the Constitution that would one day abolish Slavery.

[@jbelme1]

Kim Sanders He gave them purpose.

[@zyxwut321]

I've read a lot about George Washington over the years. Definitely a man of his era, no better. In military and business dealings, he could often be cruel, capricious, violent and even murderous. It was also a much more chaotic time in history than we modern people often recognize.

[@JENDALL714]

Washington was mean and gruff to everyone, not just slaves.

[@rolo6932]

You are an absolute idiot!

[@jbelme1]

You should avoid reading books about Geo. Washington that were written by Jews.

[@WouldntULikeToKnow.]

Even back then people knew that slavery was wrong and yet they ignored it. Being a "man of his era" is no excuse.

[@markeyfarrell]

@@WouldntULikeToKnow. yes, actually it is. you would have done the same but without character to admit it

[@briesthoughts2261]

Who wrote the script for this video? The narrator seems to forget that slaves were often beaten and abused, both physically, sexually, and mentally by overseers, and on the direction of the slave owners. Mentioning passive and non passive rebellion suggests a reality that comes across almost as if Washington was a “good” slave owner. Nope, he owned people, separated families, etc. I think slave masters often had inaccurate expectations of what work underfed and inhumanely treated people can achieve. Likely due to not having to do the same backbreaking work on meager rations themselves.

[@bf7504]

Lay off the dope

[@robyndismon394]

@@bf7504 Ran out if intelligent things 2 say. Didn't take long.

[@bf7504]

@@robyndismon394 of*

[@clod8]

Brian Ford I suppose you would have been a happy and joyous slave

[@shawnaweesner3759]

Brie’s Thoughts Washington did not like separating slave families; in fact, this is supposedly why he did not free his slaves while he was living. In Virginia, the law stated that upon immediate freedom of a person’s slave(s), the slave(s) must leave the state. In addition, many of the Washington’s slaves did not belong to them, but to Mrs. Washington’s previous husband’s family, so could not be freed by the Washingtons. Mrs.Washington had brought these slaves with her when she married Mr. Washington. The Washingtons were fair and good to their slaves, for that time. I know it is natural to want to vilify everyone that owned slaves; however, there were people, during slavery, that were good to their slaves; of course, this still did not make slavery right. And our country fought a civil war over the right to have slaves, or not have slaves. Thank goodness The North won. On an aside, I find it interesting that one of the reasons Lincoln despised slavery was because when he was a young man, his father rented him out to a neighbor to work, and Lincoln had to give all the money he earned to his father.

[@jockellis]

It might be pointed out that Washington wrote a childhood friend he employed that six days of work were expected. Anything less and the man was considered stealing from Washington.

[@JENDALL714]

He was a military man and that's still the thinking of the military today. I was in the Navy and underway, everyday is a Monday, no days off until the next port which could be over a month.

[@joyceadair3003]

The women who saved Mount Vernon is another great one. My class loved that one and wanted to hear it again. I love hearing about Mount Vernon and it’s history.

[@jacobeksor6088]

Montagnard indigenous worked for Vietnamese government rice field we didn’t get pay also we didn’t know we were slave , many young girls, men have a fever , stomach die .

[@lavernecoleman550]

The narrative telling this story has really sugar-coated this story.

[@jamestown8398]

How so? It mentions separation from family-members, corporal punishments, and low rations.

[@braidedgirl757]

@Lavern Coleman...I felt the same way...when they said corporal punishment...I was thinking you mean to say they were beaten inhumanely and whipped until they drew blood but I guess that would have been too real

[@jbelme1]

LaVerne Coleman Nobody really cares about slavery. It gave those Africans purpose.

[@ednakelley814]

Historians you hear are going off primary sources. Now, you made an assertion. Please tell us what was sugar coated and then cite your sources please. BTW, they have no motive to sugar coat anything. They just tell the story. Good or bad.

[@moshpitsandbongrips6998]

@@ednakelley814 they sugar-coat because they do t want america to look bad lol

[@myrnadavis2409]

Just listen to the narrators who were never enslaved as human beings just rant on monotonously as if this was /is not a human tragedy but just a way of life incredible how they can spin their own narrative to make mockery of a people whose land and history nation identity family language names and way of life were stripped from them but it was prophesied they would go into captivity for forsaking their God Deuteronomy 28 Return O Israel

[@jbelme1]

Myrna Davis Your narrative....it’s all so tiresome.

[@montanamountainmen6104]

People say we are free , try not paying taxes and see how free you are.

[@mountvernon]

You have to pay your taxes. Washington in fact sent in militia when people ignored paying taxes: www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/whiskey-rebellion/

[@michaelpreston233]

Hypocrites , , Liberty and freedom for whom?

[@JudithSanchez-ht6jn]

michael preston do not live in the past look forward.🤗

[@davidnmorrismorrisactor7117]

For George Washington George Washington did not care about his slaves

[@kentamitchell]

@@davidnmorrismorrisactor7117I suggest you read GW's will. It forbade *any* sale of his slaves and that *his* slaves (as opposed to the Curtis trust slaves) be manumitted after Martha's death. He also provided for elderly slaves- his estate was still making payments until 1830. In the last 20 years of his life GW was a lukewarm abolitionist.

[@chykim1]

EXACTLY!!!!

[@kingfaz07]

Judith Sanchez usas still Zionist and it’s probably not gonna exist much longer maybe like 10 years before USA and Israel collapse

[@7ajhubbell]

Thank you.

[@odettemariemoronez7977]

So glad slavery was abolished though it seems like humans are still slaves to a certain degree b it Whatever race!

[@natalieshepp641]

slavery was never abolished!!

[@spacechimp3199]

natalie shepp got any proof?

[@diankreczmer6595]

We have Washington on a pedestal. Good to see the truth!

[@jbelme1]

dian kreczmer He was the first President of a country built for me. It has nothing to do with you. You just happen to live here.

[@moshpitsandbongrips6998]

@@jbelme1 my nigga, what?

[@simonmaguire5250]

This is why I admire John Addams not George Washington.

[@teaformoosie8768]

So you think he should have just purchased the property, so that the slaves families would have been split up and sold? He bought the property with the slaves so that the families would stay together.

[@simonmaguire5250]

How about freeing his slaves, not have slaves.

[@taylortripp8598]

Simon Maguire It was that way of life to have slaves during that time.

[@zacharytarnow7290]

Simon Maguire he freed every one of his slaves when him and Martha died

[@bryanbridges2987]

@@simonmaguire5250 Well that's a great idea, except then he wouldn't compete with the other farms and would have gone bankrupt. George Washington was a great man, but he was still just a man. "ALL HAVE SINNED (that means all ppl, free or not) and fallen short of the glory of God."

[@chelseakaywright]

Who wrote this script!?

[@monstersamator5288]

Obama did

[@julieannkelly53]

I was Lady Liberty for one Halloween night in 2018. Beat that KZbin

[@jbelme1]

This was very interesting. I usually am annoyed with slave talk but this is very educational. It’s funny, free healthcare, housing, meals, etc. Except for the six day work week, nothing has really changed in 200 years.

[@dorothytinman]

It' wasn't "free" They worked 14-16 hour days 6 days a week for that food, housing, and medical care.

[@MyAssefa]

This sounds way to nice sorry but slave life was way harder slaves ware often sick and didn’t get very old they were Aldo used for inhuman medical experiments 3:41- 3:47 Until they were sold off