He was our wealthiest president. During the Indian Wars preceding the Revolutionary
War, he was shot four times, through his overcoat, without any of those bullets hitting
him. The Indians decided he was divine
and gave him great honor. He won our
freedom, militarily, when faced with
utter defeat just before the tide changed in his (our) favor.
In 1786 he wrote, "I can only say there is not a man
living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the
abolition of it."
He died in 1799, but
not before writing his “last will and testament,” freeing his slaves upon the death of his
wife. As a slave owner, he was a kind provider to those under his
ownership. He really was nothing more than a "boss" to those who worked for him. Buying and selling was something he did, in the early years, but left off that practice later in life.
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