"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 KZread Playlist: bit.ly/3g6fEVt Mary Thompson’s book: bit.ly/3ga5H9w Mount Vernon’s Museum Exhibition Lives Bound Together: bit.ly/34oo9JF

@JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate

3 жыл бұрын

If you lived back then and was rich you'd of had slaves too. You dont understand anything anyways and you dont represent George Washington either.

@JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate

3 жыл бұрын

@OmgLookAtTheYuckerMan Waaiong black people in Africa had slaves and sold them. You are just as confused as any other libturd out there.

@JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate

3 жыл бұрын

@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.

@monsta3038

3 жыл бұрын

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!

@somerandompersonofficial

3 жыл бұрын

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.

Shorter answer: No such thing as a well treated slave.

@nba_strictly_0870

4 жыл бұрын

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

@nba_strictly_0870

4 жыл бұрын

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

@shujaamwenyemaarifa6821

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@musaalkhadim5600

4 жыл бұрын

You would think common sense was involved but nope they see it as an innocuous happening?

@musaalkhadim5600

4 жыл бұрын

@@shujaamwenyemaarifa6821 Wow smh he is trolling I think?

“I don't trust anyone who's nice to me but rude to the waiter. Because they would treat me the same way if I were in that position.” - Muhammad Ali

@lavenderflowersfall280

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Carib6855

4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely right 💯 👌

@JerichoMile4

4 жыл бұрын

Uh...a great quote from Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) 🥊

@empresslonnie1love391

4 жыл бұрын

JackTheBlackCat 💯

@JesseltonGaming

4 жыл бұрын

@@JerichoMile4 yeahh Mann ripp

Imagine being forced to work against your will and being someone’s property, and they say they treated you well because the gave you clothes.

@odysseusrex5908

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@odysseusrex5908

3 жыл бұрын

@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.

@justrosy5

2 жыл бұрын

Parents do this to their kids, even their teens, all the time. No excuse for that either!

@BULL.173

2 жыл бұрын

Oh cry me a river.

@peterkeesling3035

2 жыл бұрын

@@BULL.173 No empathy, huh? Why watch this video or reply to this comment?

Short Answer: Being a slave is still horrible treatment

@jdstearman

4 жыл бұрын

@Mike Ray I could be wrong, but I believe I heard somewhere that there is also ongoing slavery in the middle east too, no?

@justanormalhuman83yearsago56

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Ray there are still slavery?

@alezar2035

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@jdstearman

4 жыл бұрын

@@alezar2035 ah, i see. Thank you for the correction, Sir!

@radityosukses

4 жыл бұрын

Yep

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.

@electricmastro

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@ladyluckdownunder1541

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly! There’s nothing fair about being enslaved, starved, raped and whipped!

@electricmastro

5 жыл бұрын

@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.

@blessedeverysecond1212

5 жыл бұрын

strange lee ....facts but in them demons mind they really think that was fair

@blessedeverysecond1212

5 жыл бұрын

strange lee ....true facts, but those type with evil thoughts don’t think that way

I'm glad you didn't sugarcoat anything. Historical facts, good and bad, should be presented as honestly as possible.

@whitetig2

5 жыл бұрын

@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.

@procommenter6495

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@joapps8135

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@joapps8135

5 жыл бұрын

I'm just being open minded, and no, I am not black.

@chykim1

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed....

How does someone treat slaves? It doesn’t matter if they are treated “good”. If someone is a SLAVE they are not being treated fairly at all!!!

@seichorn4079

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@AStrangeWindmill

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@seichorn4079

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@AStrangeWindmill

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@seichorn4079

4 жыл бұрын

@@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!

Here let me fix that response: They were treated horribly, they were human beings and deserved better.

@michaelsantos8377

4 жыл бұрын

Well they were slaves what treatment did you expect?

@michaelsantos8377

4 жыл бұрын

Slavery has existed for centuries and no slave was treated like a king.

@rudolphpascual2872

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelsantos8377 were they treated like humans?

@michaelsantos8377

4 жыл бұрын

@@rudolphpascual2872 do you know what slave means? Of course they were treated like 💩 that's what slavery is.

@rudolphpascual2872

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Question: How did George Washington treat his slaves? Answer: 🗣HE TREATED THEM LIKE SLAVES

@paulwalker1617

4 жыл бұрын

:/ I hate that, this is true.... :(

@jakeyjervis

4 жыл бұрын

So, you didn't want to be a slave on George's farm. It sucked!

@interceptingfist5682

4 жыл бұрын

@TheRaokenx is this supposed to make people feel better or something? Can't sugar coat it.

@papastoppa657

4 жыл бұрын

Right!!..Duh!!??

@ambermarie8120

4 жыл бұрын

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?

Like slaves.

@Gamenetreviews

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@sparklejumpropegangsta1176

5 жыл бұрын

Gamenetreviews if he treated them like “luxury” then he would’ve freed them

@Gamenetreviews

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Gamenetreviews

5 жыл бұрын

Trechery Parcher No studies on the conditions of slaves in America

@trecheryparcher7194

5 жыл бұрын

@@@Gamenetreviews what is going on man #howslife

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.

@margaretnesbeth593

4 жыл бұрын

" founded a country" America was already " founded", first nation people's who kindly educated the newcomers in how to survive in their country.

@isaacmartinez2359

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@TheArmchairPatriot

4 жыл бұрын

@@margaretnesbeth593 Lol "First nation" it was a ton of warring and rival tribes, not a nation by any stretch.

@jamesy6867

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@techrin3570

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

"Like slaves" Next question.

@fuckyouimalex

4 жыл бұрын

Honestly lol

@headphonic8

4 жыл бұрын

A stupid short answer like that won’t teach a 6th grader anything.

@AStrangeWindmill

4 жыл бұрын

@@headphonic8 not by itself, no. But you explain what slavery and treatment of the enslaved entails beforehand, I think it can teach a few things.

@kerrikittles23yearsand30

4 жыл бұрын

@@headphonic8 How tf do u give a slave any kind of treatment?? A slave is a slave which any way u want to put it

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.

@PrestonGarvey69

4 жыл бұрын

It means they didn't do it all the time, but it wasn't odd to see it happen.

@itsjustnopinionok

4 жыл бұрын

@@PrestonGarvey69BS

@CassidyStarke

4 жыл бұрын

Luke James If it happend regularly it wasn’t odd to see.

@michaelcook768

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@VLyricParker

4 жыл бұрын

Right such a contradiction

Yeah, they were e n s l a v e d. No matter how he treated them, he still treated them like property. Not ok.

@DD-nb6wh

4 жыл бұрын

@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

@DD-nb6wh

4 жыл бұрын

@Jeremy Shaffer wow you typed two comments to my little one lol upset much? Must of struck a nerve the truth hurts I guess 🤷‍♂️

@DD-nb6wh

4 жыл бұрын

@Jeremy Shaffer not as much as u 😉

@neal6473

4 жыл бұрын

That's right I definitely agree.

@janetownley

4 жыл бұрын

Jeremy Shaffer - Damn, things got all freaky and ignorant here really fast

“Whippings were uncommon but did happen regularly....wtf does that mean

@TalyaT922

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ML-dw5ol

3 жыл бұрын

Did farmers the 15th century beat their horses? The same relevance. That was 150 years ago! Who the F cares?

@emilinebelle7811

3 жыл бұрын

I think it would be uncommon as far as everyone doing it but happened regularly for some bad slave owners.

@DotterSvea

3 жыл бұрын

TheMountainState 304 Constantly and regularly aren't synonyms.

@rhunt791

3 жыл бұрын

@@DotterSvea go listen to some relaxing sounds...

"Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it means to be a slave." -Rutger Hauer, 'Blade Runner'

@onehumanity9059

4 жыл бұрын

And a COMMUNIST citizen!

@younggrinch2826

4 жыл бұрын

One Humanity you’ve never been to the states mate?

“Whippings weren’t a constant occurrence but they did happen regularly..” 🤔🧐

@paulwojnilowicz5265

4 жыл бұрын

GOOD!

@PrinceJes

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulwojnilowicz5265 How is that good?

@paulwojnilowicz5265

4 жыл бұрын

@@PrinceJes it just is!

@PrinceJes

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulwojnilowicz5265 Being racist really seems a waste of energy. Wow, so upsetting.

@paulwojnilowicz5265

4 жыл бұрын

@@PrinceJes sorry if my opinion upsets you! nothing personal!

so the short answer is he was a SLAVE owner and there is no arguing that slaves were NEVER treated fairly

@sajjadmokdad7744

5 жыл бұрын

Boss Baby's Dad What do you mean who cares? Do you think slaveri is okay or something?

@imppro

5 жыл бұрын

Compared to others yes

@jacyandemma7

5 жыл бұрын

Imp Pro fair and slavery are two words that i hope to GOD are never used in the same sentence again

@karlbuchanan1363

5 жыл бұрын

Yea they were? You are an ignorant piece of recreational equipment? What do stupid boink dolls that cant even read know?

@karlbuchanan1363

5 жыл бұрын

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.)

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.

@rstuv8141

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, being a product of one's time does "excuse" one's actions when centuries later someone is judging their actions using modern morals.

@stephensdygert7600

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@stephensdygert7600

4 жыл бұрын

@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.

@stephensdygert7600

4 жыл бұрын

@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.

@stephensdygert7600

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

I absolutely love the way this woman answered this question. Plus, I love what she said at the end. "When human beings aren’t being treated as people details like the clothing they wore, the food they ate, and their housing become secondary." So very true.......

My guess is, he treated them like slaves.

@lukemain4222

4 жыл бұрын

Which was better than being naked in Africa scavenging for dead animals.

@malachibrunson8154

4 жыл бұрын

Luke Main u are so fuking dumb if u believe that

@northcackalacky4694

4 жыл бұрын

@@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!!

@3John-Bishop

4 жыл бұрын

Free food and housing, what mo yo want?

@roadrage9191

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

Isn't the key word here still "Slave?" 🤔

@narghora

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Property of commodity.

@MSW96

4 жыл бұрын

@@giveupgunsifyoulovebeingav8324 Deal with it.

@DD-nb6wh

4 жыл бұрын

@@giveupgunsifyoulovebeingav8324 but rock music etc. Isn't lol such a double standard smh🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@DD-nb6wh

4 жыл бұрын

@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.

@the_3x

4 жыл бұрын

Dra O ok boomer

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.

I appreciate Ms. MacLeod's assessment and her ability to speak to Washington's treatment of his slaves while also talking about the institution as a separate, though related, issue

This is stupid...he treated them like "slaves" the end.

@jamesdrummond5894

4 жыл бұрын

Remember this is a question from a six grader. So be nice.

@evanw2195

4 жыл бұрын

You would’ve owned slaves had you been wealthy and raised that way

@CT-bm9oz

4 жыл бұрын

IKR!! As if slavery was a "choice" and slaves got to purchase their masters instead of the other way around.

@pookiehoney

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@ajjimenez1888

4 жыл бұрын

What the lady said was very informative -not what you said

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!

@ajjimenez1888

4 жыл бұрын

It’s why it’s called a perspective

@droosh

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@loopz_attack1658

4 жыл бұрын

That's why she said "of course", you donkey.

“how did george washington treat his slaves” like slaves lmao

@headphonic8

4 жыл бұрын

Not all slaves were treated the same depending on the master

@Wavinnn

4 жыл бұрын

headphonic8 i know you capping 😹😹 dog they slaves there is no “treated depending on master”

@bingola45

4 жыл бұрын

@@Wavinnn Oh there is. Ask Simon Legree.

@tawnyh8878

4 жыл бұрын

Remember this is a child asking the question

This is like asking how sex traffickers treated their victims. GMAFB.

@derekchatman6283

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!

@chaos-exert-da

4 жыл бұрын

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

@phucknuts

4 жыл бұрын

You mean kind of like how the Democrats treat blacks these days

@grimgoreironhide9985

4 жыл бұрын

@@phucknuts Kind of like how Republicans defend the statues of Slave Owners.

@phucknuts

4 жыл бұрын

@@grimgoreironhide9985 Republicans FREED the slaves

She gets quieter the darker his past got

@joee7850

4 жыл бұрын

That's the guilt and shame she feels on behalf of Washington. Criminals will do this same thing when they are near to or straight up confessing.

@ghosttemplar6989

4 жыл бұрын

It is dark, but you have to keep researching it gets worse even after the George Washington era.

@stephaniesmith4626

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@charkay192

4 жыл бұрын

😆😆😆

@morsmortimer8966

4 жыл бұрын

@@joee7850 guilt fpr what?? Cuz she white????

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

4 жыл бұрын

I think we learned those mistakes quite a while ago, you know... when about 300k white guys from the North sacrificed their lives to end slavery?

@ML-dw5ol

3 жыл бұрын

Did farmers the 15th century beat their horses? Same relevance. That was 150 years ago! Who the F cares?

@TheMetallicSharpie

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

“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

@magnetacyan5032

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@alcostello6114

4 жыл бұрын

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”.

@chasencage4092

3 жыл бұрын

Al Costello the 3/5 Clause was for representation of slaves. The racism still existed but that’s not an example of if.

@ednakelley814

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

@alcostello6114

Жыл бұрын

@@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.

So in short.....he didn’t treat them good

@TheMeanArena

4 жыл бұрын

It is 2020, how come people can't move forward? All that stuff is ancient history, long past, long gone.

@TheMeanArena

4 жыл бұрын

@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!

@ErichH68

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@tommy3452

4 жыл бұрын

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

@tommy3452

4 жыл бұрын

Erich Hoefert and your comment is not worth a response, with all due respect

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.

@carolw24

4 жыл бұрын

The DHS is working to stop human trafficking around the world every day. In fiscal year 2019, HSI initiated 1,024 investigations with a nexus to human trafficking and recorded 2,197 arrests, 1,113 indictments, and 691 convictions; 428 victims were identified and assisted. HSI continues to make human trafficking cases a top investigative priority by connecting victims to resources to help restore their lives and bringing traffickers to justice.

@legendhasitstudio

4 жыл бұрын

Actually the whites stopped it here !! Not blacks / and the KENTI CLOTHE WEARING BLACK KINGS OF AFRICA STARTED IT AND PROFITTED OFF IT

@Thomas-dw1nb

4 жыл бұрын

Well said

@mikehagan4320

4 жыл бұрын

Human trafficking is growing in the U.S. as in other parts of the World. Yes its Repugnant but its happening.

@Psalm144.1

4 жыл бұрын

Is human trafficking legal in the US or illegal? Some of the comments in the thread are confusing...

It didn’t matter how he treated them. He was a slave owner!

@Croy4306

4 жыл бұрын

So what. Get over it.

@rb032682

4 жыл бұрын

Slavers are terrorists. Slavery is terrorism. The USA's "founding fathers" were just low-life terrorists.

@bingola45

4 жыл бұрын

"It didn’t matter how he treated them. He was a slave owner!" Some slaves might disagree with that. Does it also apply to dog 'owners'?

@cestalia

4 жыл бұрын

@@bingola45 or maid or people in service industry in nowadays term. You can have maid or servant, but how you treat them determine everything

@BakerZone760

4 жыл бұрын

@@bingola45 dummy really gonna compare people to dogs lmao

“Fairly” happens before your a slave. Anything after becoming a slave falls under “unfairly”. Period

Wish history was taught correctly. The problems this country is having is due one sided history and inaccuracies. Thanks for the insight.

@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956

4 жыл бұрын

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

@cottonballus

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@cottonballus

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@unhhgcrxexhjvuvujchcrzwzwz7956

4 жыл бұрын

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

Um, slaves? They could’ve given them gold plated shackles and they would still be shackles. No amount of kindness or decency excuses slavery.

@carolro6673

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@carolro6673

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@jjosephm7539

4 жыл бұрын

You aren't a slave

@carolro6673

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@Seeker118

4 жыл бұрын

Ummm maybe the creation of a country

Sounds like he was running his enterprise like most corporations today. The difference? They won’t be whipped due to laws.

@onehumanity9059

4 жыл бұрын

Yet!

@battles423

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@onehumanity9059

4 жыл бұрын

@@battles423 As Marvin Gaye says "LETS GET IT ON!"

@HashknightGaming

4 жыл бұрын

Yet somehow we have a corporate wank in office someone really really dropped the ball 🤦‍♂️

@onehumanity9059

4 жыл бұрын

God its sickening how very ignorant you assholes are!

The fairest way to cover this is to show both his triumphs and his failings... An honest balance...

@kylens1

4 жыл бұрын

You wouldn't say that on a video about his triumphs. Just let people cover one topic in detail at a time.

@vanceelliottwright2341

4 жыл бұрын

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”.

There are more slaves on this planet today, than in the 1850's. (There are slave markets in Libya)

@mergonzaga2271

4 жыл бұрын

Dont forget China. We have a modern day slavery more brutal than those past centuries.

@dorian07109

4 жыл бұрын

No! The Trans-Atlantic slave trade was the worst of human kind.

@jimgranite

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@jimgranite

4 жыл бұрын

@@mergonzaga2271 not even close bud.

@jimgranite

4 жыл бұрын

@william kane conservatives make up their own facts when reality is inconvenient. Ask K. Conway.

How did Washington treat his slaves? Like slaves.

@paulwojnilowicz5265

4 жыл бұрын

AND THAT IS A BAD THING WHY?

@namelia4439

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Wojnilowicz - ummmmmm...WHAT??!!?!?

@roonbare2769

4 жыл бұрын

@@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)

@totensrabon1885

4 жыл бұрын

@@paulwojnilowicz5265 that is a bad thing only if you consider yourself a human being

@vadalia3860

4 жыл бұрын

@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.

They weren’t in control of any of those things...not their names, not their own bodies...nothing.

Love her approach to the question. Gave a multi-perspective and well informed answer.

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.

@jodiehighroller9820

4 жыл бұрын

charlir wood damn good come back.! Damn bums

@skankhunt-zh8ky

4 жыл бұрын

Trying to put modern morality during past circumstances is completely insane.

@texashoosier7318

4 жыл бұрын

@@skankhunt-zh8ky why?

@skankhunt-zh8ky

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@gregorymalchuk272

4 жыл бұрын

Tearing down historical heroes is a two-way street. For example, Martin Luther king Jr. was beat up prostitutes and was likely a rapist.

He should have provided them with their freedom and dignity.

@obsidianjay8877

4 жыл бұрын

He did

@daddyalex6068

4 жыл бұрын

sam t. When he was dying in his bed in 1799 or 1798 he gave freedom and a good life for his slaves

@rideoutsean

4 жыл бұрын

He allowed all of them to go free after his wife died.

@bayview94124

4 жыл бұрын

Daddy Alex : Wonderful, but how many years did he benefit from legally owning several human being?

@wildlandfirefighter5656

4 жыл бұрын

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.

I think we can all agree this was a despicable event in human history, unfortunately it still goes on today. ☮♾

@Delusional176

3 жыл бұрын

@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!

@Delusional176

3 жыл бұрын

@James Reilly I get the feeling you think I'm black...I'm not!

@Delusional176

3 жыл бұрын

@James Reilly Whatever, you sure sound like one...Now piss the fuck off!

2020 teacher: George Washington was a good man and respected everyone. Me: didn’t George Washington have slaves? 2020 teacher: ..................................... ...............

@drummajorulysses946

4 жыл бұрын

John B thanks

@kathygeorge8044

3 жыл бұрын

In context to the time, slavery would not negate the views of who George Washington was.

We can't change the past, however we certainly can change the future

@hakanaman2893

4 жыл бұрын

Us can`t live in the present. It`s still slavery in US

@adellenear5904

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@jjones0822

4 жыл бұрын

You can make up for the past

@katherina6843

4 жыл бұрын

Adelle Near lol ok

@ambermarie8120

4 жыл бұрын

katie how is that funny? Blacks being used to push racist democrat agenda is funny?

He treated them as slaves, it was in his interest to treat them to treat them with enough to maximize his profits. That says it all.

@ErichH68

4 жыл бұрын

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.

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.

It was wrong to force a human being to do the things the slaves had to do they were not given freewill and treated very bad we shouldn't have never had slaves but the people who did those people wrong will have to answer on there judgement day we all have answer to are wrong doings

She couldn't even tell the history without her voice shaking she knows it was terrible

@ericstandefer9138

4 жыл бұрын

Better timid truth telling than lying with confidence.

@TheKing60210

4 жыл бұрын

@@ericstandefer9138 this is well written

@dixienormous2355

4 жыл бұрын

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

@katherina6843

4 жыл бұрын

John C cool. it’s still horrific.

@ambermarie8120

4 жыл бұрын

katie cool that there is still slaves in Libya today?

I like how you use the word people instead of African-American

@artyom9137

4 жыл бұрын

In ur recommend too?

@adnwzhre

4 жыл бұрын

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

@adnwzhre

4 жыл бұрын

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😄

@adnwzhre

4 жыл бұрын

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

@brickofwar9727

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t you mean KAnGs and qEENZ?

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.

@brendaparker3107

3 жыл бұрын

Ate you part of the descendants group? If not please join.

I love how the music seems like the narrator is reading a recipe on how to bake a cake.

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?

@mountvernon

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@procommenter6495

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@joapps8135

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@joapps8135

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@Xteenrebel

5 жыл бұрын

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.

“We don’t think that whipping was a constant occurrence at Mt. Vernon, but it did happen regularly” 🥴🤷🏾‍♀️

@gotatoka8114

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen RunsHisMouth bruh

@carilove906

4 жыл бұрын

They trolling for making this video

@adeepseafish1238

4 жыл бұрын

@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.

@jonothandoeser

4 жыл бұрын

@Ryan H It's called HISTORY and keeping records

@feebaby

4 жыл бұрын

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.

This lady presented a great answer.

@soandsogaming7498

4 жыл бұрын

John B we have records, accounts, and etc. you troglodyte. She simply told how living as a slave was a horrible experience.

Does anyone know the name of Washington’s secretary that is mentioned at 2:06?

Cursed is the man who holds the keys to another man's freedom.

@kevindrake714

4 жыл бұрын

How about your job?

@mrBDeye

4 жыл бұрын

Meat packing plants and farms use illegals for cheap labor. People are bought and sold by Business owners and the Mexican cartels.

@arthurguerra1079

4 жыл бұрын

That's a good saying right there

@dapabur1

4 жыл бұрын

Did you make that up or did you find it written on a bathroom wall somewhere?

@josh_final

4 жыл бұрын

And Washington gave up those keys when he died, in other words freed his slaves. So according to your logic, he isn't cursed.

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.

@cockeyedoptimista

5 ай бұрын

Wow, that's an amazing story. I I live in the area now and haven't been there!

What movie are these scenes from?

Very informative video. I wonder how many would choose to go back to their country or stay at mount vernon if given the chance?

Slavery was Sin to All Human Beings.

@idontgiveafaboutyou

5 жыл бұрын

and it is since it currently exists

@mistylover2082

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

@Misty Lover, Why are You Hating?

@mistylover2082

5 жыл бұрын

@@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

@mistylover2082

4 жыл бұрын

@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??

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.

@JulesLilly04

4 жыл бұрын

27 Million around the world are slaves RIGHT NOW

@RyanB747

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@jona3180

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe... But it sure did get those pyramids built in a reasonable timeframe..

@toxicturtle9077

4 жыл бұрын

What is there to learn? Slavery is bad? The discussion ended 160 years ago for fuck’s sake.

@tamlaparris-ba5402

4 жыл бұрын

@@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 think there are technical issues while filming this video and why can’t we full screen

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. 😤🙄

GW was the only founding father who freed his slaves at his death. A highly unusual event

@glxjchaos7775

4 жыл бұрын

That wasn’t unusual

@Dog.soldier1950

4 жыл бұрын

[GLX]Jchaos 777 who were the others?

@aubreyt.copeland5019

4 жыл бұрын

Dogsoldier 1950 I believe Thomas Jefferson had slaves and even had children with one of them.

@djvell01

4 жыл бұрын

They were never freed.

@socalcraigster

4 жыл бұрын

[GLX]Jchaos 777 - yes it was!

I don't think it's any coincidence that they chose a black girl to ask that question.

@mountvernon

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@rainplays8371

5 жыл бұрын

@@mountvernon das tuff

@dustinmasterson411

5 жыл бұрын

@Galleria Store they didn't even say he was kind to them. They said Washington said himself that he was fair. That doesn't make it true.

@whothatniggaonthatnag3510

5 жыл бұрын

Very scripted and concocted to have a black girl in the beginning.

@whothatniggaonthatnag3510

4 жыл бұрын

@Boss Baby's Dad Whatever helps you sleep at night with your white guilt. 😂😂😂

I love the soft calming music juxtaposed with slave punishments.

@magicman3163

4 жыл бұрын

MrKajithecat it’s royalty free music

This was really interesting! Thank you for educating me on this stuff.

George Washington walked around the plantation wearing a shirt that read "this shirt is 100% cotton and you picked it"" what w troll

@brickofwar9727

4 жыл бұрын

We wAz kAnGs tho?

@jasmineadams6447

4 жыл бұрын

Brick of war The last shall be the first!

@alfredoalcantar8691

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Seay 😂

@soblu3

4 жыл бұрын

This should not make me laugh but it was funny.🤣🤣🤣

@EE-yx4xp

3 жыл бұрын

@@brickofwar9727 found the racist.

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.

@whitetig2

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@williamlattanziobill2475

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@williamlattanziobill2475

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@blisterbrain

5 жыл бұрын

@@mshefaa No, but it would make it better. It's called redemption, and it's an important part of the human experience.

@lboogie2679

5 жыл бұрын

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.

I worked at companies that treated their employees great while others treated us like garbage. The same principle is applied here, only without the whippings.

How awfully sad that people of color were treated this way. What an ugly time in history. My goodness. Thank you for answering this question, giving an explanation with such grace and compassion.❤️

@Eman-pf4zz

2 жыл бұрын

White folks as well hello ottoman empire learn you're world history

@KINGONE6XIV

2 жыл бұрын

@@Eman-pf4zz one thing about white folks is that they always find a way to make it about themselves

@NeTxGrl

10 ай бұрын

You need to read up on world history, it will shock you. Also you benefit from modern day slavery. These people are beaten, shackled, raped and killed all for the many products you enjoy including the computer/smartphone you used to type your comment. Yet there is no outrage from society at large. People in present times like to think we are morally superior.. We are not. There were also prosperous black slave owners and Native Americans had slaves. Those two groups of people supported and fought for the south in the civil war.

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.

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.

@procommenter6495

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@themysteriousnavi6850

5 жыл бұрын

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!

@electricmastro

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@rockyracoon3233

5 жыл бұрын

@@electricmastro Washington was evolving toward the end of his life.

@ninabittrolff

5 жыл бұрын

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.

Beautifully narrated with feeling and compassion..

@paulad574

4 жыл бұрын

Now for reparations!!!

@liberalbias4462

3 жыл бұрын

@@paulad574 no, your not a slave.

Thank you. This is a very insightful video. I wonder if the atrocities of war, and the extreme hardships at Valley Forge clouded his judgement regarding what is a reasonable human condition.

There is that popular quote “There is no right way to do the wrong thing.” - Harold S. Kushner This quote had been used in veganism cases often.

@alswearengen6427

4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps not, but a distinction can still be made.

@collinhennessy3190

4 жыл бұрын

Veganism is absolutely the wrong thing to do.

@alswearengen6427

4 жыл бұрын

@@collinhennessy3190 why is veganism wrong? It's wrong to make sacrifices for the sake of your principles?

@jolieakea1640

4 жыл бұрын

David Anewman wow lol. You’re f’d up man

@kaninma7237

4 жыл бұрын

@David Anewman No, it was not.

Ask Lizzie mae on: Ask a Slave 🙃

@ajmandmggfan

4 жыл бұрын

Just saw the one where she talked to the actress who plays her lol

@laylalady226

4 жыл бұрын

Girl thx u🥰🥰😁🥰🥰

@medusaspupil

4 жыл бұрын

Remember when Kanye west said slavery was good. That was so stupid, I think Kanye lost his mind.

Not excusing the moral ambiguities of history, but it's real easy to project modern sensibilities without understanding what the implications in the context would have been. If he snapped his fingers and freed them all, what would that life have been like?

Thank you for this video

*How did George Washington treat his slaves ? Answer : With slavery, how else do you treat a slave !*

@AbigailAbi-Yah

4 жыл бұрын

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??!!!

@MJ617

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@maritzadominguez49

4 жыл бұрын

Increible !! And don't ask why ?

@Islamisthecultofsin

4 жыл бұрын

+Samuel Hornet Wolf An African king told the English that if they didn't buy his slaves that he would kill them.

@johnnyj2066

4 жыл бұрын

@@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!

I was always taught in school that washington loved everybody and never had slaves and was almaost the perfect man, thank you for teaching me properly!

@mountvernon

4 жыл бұрын

That's what we're here for! If you are looking for a book on the topic, we suggest "The Only Unavoidable Subject of Regret: George Washington, Slavery, and the Enslaved Community at Mount Vernon" by Historian Mary Thompson. shops.mountvernon.org/products/only-unavoidable-subject-of-regret

@thecreatoristhetruth5623

4 жыл бұрын

His-tory is made up, truth is hidden and never taught in schools, you have to do your own research to find any truths. THE CREATOR BLESS

@mjrough

4 жыл бұрын

THE CREATOR IS THE TRUTH you make me lose more faith in humanity.

@v-specyt6762

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I thought he was good

@kittylove4082

4 жыл бұрын

The history book is a big lie

Thank you for an honest and thoughtful answer.

Anybody living in Virginia, Mount Vernon has a restaurant next to Georges house and they have the best breakfast in the area. Make reservations to avoid the bus loads of tourists

@cvltzilla

3 жыл бұрын

@LASummer no such thing as cursed. A criminal mind is the brightest of all.

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.

@sungminkwon9299

4 жыл бұрын

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

@afropress

4 жыл бұрын

Truth

@afropress

4 жыл бұрын

Yet, was this honorable or just feasible. Not to mention his bed winch

@13phile

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@kingdomfreedom8323

4 жыл бұрын

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.

Yes, living in slavery as property owned by someone else is living in fear due to not having any power or choices concerning your own life, or in the lives of those who depend upon you, namely children. Not being able to protect your children adequately would be a nightmare to any parent. All throughout history, slavery has been more than just poor treatment or fear of beatings or whippings, or even lack of good living conditions. It is the lack of personal power in your own life to be able to change things for better.

I think we can all agree that owning human beings is clearly and indefensibly immoral, but we should not act like Washinton was the worst human being that ever lived. In a time where every plantation owner had slaves, Washington probably managed things better than most. I even heard he was opposed to racial superiority and merely viewed slavery as a nescessary econimic institution. It's still not a real excuse, but that's just how it was.

Why can't we have this honest discussion? This is what people are calling for.

@jjmiles7173

4 жыл бұрын

It's been well known for a while actually, but nobody(specifically certain people) will bring it up.

A lot of bashing with how she answered in the comments. She's responding to a child y'all. She gave an educated informed response to a child. She didn't lie. We all know it was evil, the thing is though in that time period it was infact the norm. So for that time period compared to other slaves he may have infact treated them "fair".

We should be proud we abolished slavery. Celebrate our past without applying today’s morals or standards to historical figures.

@user-ne1yu6hp3o

4 жыл бұрын

STFU

@haywardmyers8464

4 жыл бұрын

“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?

@arthurguerra1079

4 жыл бұрын

They're statues how can we forget

@thunderdrake13

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@christinaacosta6594

4 жыл бұрын

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

We really can’t sugarcoat history, for his time he was a great man yes. But we really do have to remember “for his time” has a very large impact on the conversation.

That fact that one person feels it’s okay to own another as property speaks volumes. Tearing apart families, whipping, and rape. How would they have like any of this to be done to them? Imagine the horrors that aren’t told. It’s so sad

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.

@THEREALSOURCE

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@bigh9884

4 жыл бұрын

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.

@THEREALSOURCE

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Lalo3g1

4 жыл бұрын

@Zeek Banistor lol bet you can't even let go of the fact that Obama was president

@paulmentzer7658

4 жыл бұрын

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.

How do you keep another person enslaved “fairly” exactly?

@doordashh

4 жыл бұрын

exactly. 😂

@tot2523

4 жыл бұрын

Wendy DeWolfe you can’t!!

@Cynnas

4 жыл бұрын

Historical, it's been explained; if the slave is well behaved they're treated well (fed, clothed not whipped/beaten) if they aren't well behaved they're punished for it. That's considered fair treatment. They weren't cruel just to be cruel, that's what's seen as fair to them.

@timothybassett2791

4 жыл бұрын

Well in some instances people had to purchase their own spouses but legally since a black person wasn't allowed to free their own slaves (a right given only to white people) they would then be in a sense forced to own their own spouses indefinitely. I would imagine in those very rare cases slaves would be treated well.

@timothybassett2791

4 жыл бұрын

@@Cynnas the problem with that statement is that not every slave owner followed those principles. A vast majority of slave holders would inflict many forms of violence from sexual violence to physical violence on the people they owned just because they wanted to or because they wanted to be feared. This is also documented in many plantations as well as documented in written first hand accounts of the slaves themselves.

Good work!

Let's just see how nice he treats them when they try to escape! I'm guessing, like slaves! No matter how nice he may have been, he still treated them like slaves and exploited and oppressed them!

@michaelpetrovich5353

4 жыл бұрын

Back then it was normal. Why are you people obsessed about these things?

@normantrapp9689

4 жыл бұрын

The exact same thing happened to soldiers who would not fight