"..of which 4 were his children".   Unproven.

Interesting that you also don't bother to provide a direct quote for your assertion about 10 slaves. It may be 5, it may be 10--certainly was not many.    If it is 10, we need a bit more than your bald statement, Professor.

By the way, just a book is not sufficient.   We need direct quotes.

Other people provide exact quotes, with source.   Somehow you can't manage this. It does tend to undercut your wonderfully valuable contributions, just a bit. But we need these so we can evaluate how reliable your sources are.   I'm sure you won't mind.

So sorry to break the news to you-- as of now your credibility is somewhat below zero---even below Wikipedia. Pobrecito.



Added to which, the main point is that he did not in fact free most of his slaves--they were sold at auction after his death.

Care to dispute that point?




And is certainly remarkable that you insist on quibbling over 5 or 10---neglecting the main point, which was that despite his fine words about equality, he could not put them into practice in his own life, since it would dramatically lessen his standard of living, and due to other financial problems.   Due to his financial straits, he could not even do what Washington did in his will.

And of course the whole topic, which you only belabored in order to put Rig down, has precious little-- to say the least--to do with the thread topic.

Not that I would want to assert that it does, on the other hand, have a huge amount to do with your fragile ego.   I can't say that.

But I do hope you didn't hurt yourself jumping around in triumph.    That would be a true shame.