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[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Can someone tell me more about Washington? Wiki says he purchased the teeth from slaves. I'm sure that's not entirely true, or is it?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Put it this way. No one in their right mind would have their healthy teeth pulled out without anaesthetic and sell them, if they had any real choice.

We know that he "bought" teeth from slaves, and that he was a slave owner, we also know that he had dentures made of other people's teeth. No one knows for sure that the teeth he took were for his own use or from the people he enslaved himself, but it seems probable. More info here.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago
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[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Worse now, with modern tech they kill a lot more people

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