Yeah, But He Didn't Lie About Cutting Down the Tree

According to Andrew Napolitano's book, "Lies the Government Told You", not only was George Washington a slave-holder, he was an active and virulent one. According to Napolitano, Washington whipped his slaves, cut their toes off, and even had some of their teeth extracted and implanted into his own mouth. He also auctioned off the slaves of his debtors and while in office rotated his slaves in and out of Philadelphia because in Pennsylvania slaves by law had to be released after six consecutive months of bondage. This is all pretty hairy stuff and while I haven't been able to substantiate all of it, even if some of it is true, damned if it doesn't go a significant way in substantiating BB's claim (to which I totally concur) that all of these dudes had their fair share of warts for certain.