How many here knew that George Washington ordered slaughter of Indians during Revolutionary War?

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22. They probably looked wooden due to stains.

https://www.health.mil/News/Articles/2022/02/03/Dentally-Unready-Gen-George-Washingtons-Lifetime-of-Dental-Misery

Visitors to the George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate and museum in Mount Vernon, Virginia, can see George Washington’s only remaining full denture among the collection. They include his own pulled and saved teeth, other human teeth, teeth from cows and horses that were filed to fit, and teeth carved from elephant ivory.


The dentures included some of his own pulled teeth as well as teeth from other humans and "probably cow and horse teeth" that were filed down to fit his size, according to Susan Schoelwer, the museum's senior curator.

George Washington suffered oral troubles throughout his life and was “fastidious” about his oral care, carrying a dental hygiene travel set with him on his travels. The set can be seen at the George Washington Mount Vernon estate and museum in Mount Vernon, Virginia. (Courtesy of Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association)

Washington also had teeth made of ivory and metal alloys to include lead-tin, copper, and silver.

Concerned with his poor dental health and hoping that his original teeth would be fit into his new dentures, the Army general kept many of his pulled teeth in a locked desk drawer at Mount Vernon, according to museum records.



WASHINGTON didn't have anyone killed for his teeth. He PAID his slaves for 9 teeth.
https://daily.jstor.org/were-george-washingtons-teeth-taken-from-enslaved-people/
In 1784, Washington paid unnamed “Negroes” for nine teeth. We don’t know the precise circumstances, says Van Horn: “The president’s decision to pay his slaves for their teeth may have been a recognition on his part that teeth were something sacrosanct and personal.” On the other hand, being enslaved meant that any economic exchange was inherently not fair.



BUT IT PROBABLY HAD A BLACK MARKET because as with any item that can be sold but must be taken from a human, there were probably those that either robbed graves or made people dead to get teeth to sell. In America in 1700's I don't see much mention of it, so probably better to keep slaves alive, but pressure them to sell would have made more economic sense and appease English/Christian sensibilities that is was some sort of fair trade.


https://silveradofamilydental.com/true-history-false-teeth/