SomeoneElse@lemmy.worldM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 1 year agoGeorge Washington literally had skin cancer.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square62fedilinkarrow-up1360arrow-down16
arrow-up1354arrow-down1imageGeorge Washington literally had skin cancer.lemmy.worldSomeoneElse@lemmy.worldM to Confidently Incorrect@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square62fedilink
minus-squareMonsiuerPatEBrown@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoAnd his wooden teeth story was cover for the fact his fake teeth were made up of the teeth of his slaves. We don’t know if the slaves had died first.
minus-squareChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIt was very common for the teeth of dead people to be harvested for use in false teeth, and there were lots of dead people around. Very unlikely that they were pulling teeth out of live slaves for George’s choppers.
minus-squarephobiac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThere’s written record of 9 of Washington’s slaves being paid specifically for their teeth.
And his wooden teeth story was cover for the fact his fake teeth were made up of the teeth of his slaves. We don’t know if the slaves had died first.
It was very common for the teeth of dead people to be harvested for use in false teeth, and there were lots of dead people around. Very unlikely that they were pulling teeth out of live slaves for George’s choppers.
There’s written record of 9 of Washington’s slaves being paid specifically for their teeth.