Jefferson definitely had this problem worst of them but it was pretty common among these guys. Washington had weird ‘luck’ and most of his extended family died leaving him with a ton of money and property but the slave-owning class had a hard on for having Stuff instead of cash so they were always kind of broke and taking out loans when they wanted to buy something
slave-owning class had a hard on for having Stuff instead of cash so they were always kind of broke and taking out loans when they wanted to buy something
Probably the most American thing I’ve ever read right there.
Jefferson definitely had this problem worst of them but it was pretty common among these guys. Washington had weird ‘luck’ and most of his extended family died leaving him with a ton of money and property but the slave-owning class had a hard on for having Stuff instead of cash so they were always kind of broke and taking out loans when they wanted to buy something
Probably the most American thing I’ve ever read right there.