The Stereotypes Of George Washington

“You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he’s just a person.” -Benjamin Walker

The Pedestal that place George Washington was perhaps engendered a little too high for the man he genuinely was. Albeit not all of the stories of George Washington are mendacious, the majority of them are. From his love life to political viewpoints, the man that we peg George Washington is not on target.

When George was growing up, he was genuinely not as affluent as most people portray him to be. George was a component of the 2nd class, which had only gotten worse after his father died and his house burned down. Additionally the myth that George Washington couldn’t tell is a prevarication,

perhaps when he was younger, but this is highly exaggerated. The author that published the biography, Mason Locke Weems, supplied the American people with flattering renditions of the events that shaped their hero. Weems imagined everything from Washington's childhood misdeeds and remorse to his glorification when "at the sight of him, even those blessed spirits seem[ed] to feel new raptures."
In addition, George’s Espousement to Martha Custis so not as true of a love story as it is told. It is now surmised that Washington might have espoused Martha for her 17,500 acres of land and high political stance. Also, while he was courting Martha he was in a love affair another man’s wife, Sally Fairfax. “Tis true, I profess myself a Votary to Love,” he announced in a letter addressed to Sally, “never been able to eradicate from my mind those happy moments, the happiest in my life, which I have enjoyed in your company.”
Additionally, Washington’s Political views were as they suggested to be. Albeit many cerebrate of Washington as an effulgent, enlightened, open ruminator. only two of those descriptions were true. If Washington was the open man that he is portrayed to be then he wouldn’t have own 318 slaves. Once, an Englishman who lived near Mount Vernon once reported that “it was the sense of all his [Washington's] neighbors that he treated [his slaves] with more severity than any other man.” It is kenned that Washington frequently utilized harsh punishment against his slaves, including whippings and the threat of particularly taxing work assignments.
In his will Washington directed for his slaves, only 123 of the 318, are to freed, the others once again became property of Martha’s first husband and would be passed down to the grandchildren when she died. The only impediment is that the slaves will only be free after died. “She did not feel as tho her Life was safe in their Hands, many of whom would be told that it was [in] their interest to get rid of her–She therefore was advised to set them all free at the close of the year.” Martha verbalized in a letter to Abigail Adams, her sister.