The fact that nine of George Washington's false teeth came from slaves is a parenthetical. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/29/upshot/george-washingtons-weakness-his-teeth.html?_r=0 … #PublicIntellectual
@CoreyRobin detail about the teeth is good, though. I'm going to use that for a future lecture.
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@HeerJeet Acc. to Manisha Sinha it comes from Wieneck. -
@CoreyRobin It's a great metaphor for America's founding -- the first president with false teeths taken from slaves. - Show replies
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