tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680622593910991248.post64917521216602868..comments2023-11-03T03:45:54.322-04:00Comments on Fox Home: Isaac Franklin: Slave Trader and Planter of the Old South (With Plantation Records)Foxessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680622593910991248.post-91119183719800197082010-09-26T12:01:40.485-04:002010-09-26T12:01:40.485-04:00Washington was always in search of substitutes for...Washington was always in search of substitutes for his crumbling teeth. He had many, many sets of false teeth, none of which were satisfactory, including the experiment with slaves' teeth.<br /><br />That is a low point in his behaviors, right down there with starting what we call the French and Indian War, because he panicked and fired -- when strongly explained to before hand NOT TO DO THAT.<br /><br />Love, c.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680622593910991248.post-8009162267869758502010-09-26T11:56:27.956-04:002010-09-26T11:56:27.956-04:00I just read Jill Lepore's article in The New Y...I just read Jill Lepore's article in The New Yorker about George W. It seems that Washington's false teeth were supplied in part by pulling teeth from his slaves. I can't even imagine the terror and the pain involved, but it was Lepore makes it sounds as if it were done as a matter of course.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.com