George Washington, Part 5: 'Tis Well | Mr. President: The Untold Story

🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0vR5CaO... ▶️ Subscribe:    / @mrpresidentuntoldstory   Home at Mount Vernon at last, and the hardest part of his story told straight: the people he enslaved, Ona Judge's escape, and the will that freed them. Then a ride in the cold rain, a desperate night, and his final words. Chapters: 00:00 Cold open 00:56 Home at Mount Vernon 02:55 The Hard Truth: 317 Enslaved People 07:21 The Will That Freed His Slaves 08:35 His Final Hours 15:45 A Nation in Mourning 17:38 Wrap-up Mr. President: The Untold Story. The presidents you think you know, told like a thriller. A new part every day, one president at a time. Image credits: all images via Wikimedia Commons (public domain, CC0 or no known restrictions). Artists and sources include: Popular Graphic Arts; Junius Brutus Stearns; Gilbert Stuart; Daderot; Tichnor Bros.; American 18th Century; Edward Savage; Rear Admiral John William Schmidt (Ret.); John Trumbull; Scan by NYPL; Kreuz und quer; Casimir Gregory Stapko; Frederick Kitt, steward of the President's House; Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress; John Andrew; Dsdugan; Jean-Antoine Houdon; A. C. Bosselman & Co; Cephas Thompson; USCapitol; Pavel Svinyin; John James Barralet; Charles Bird King / After Gilbert Stuart; Antoine-Jean Gros; Emanuel Leutze; Ramon Elorriaga; Charles Willson Peale; and unknown artists. More from the Mr. President team: books, free tools, and writing services. Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0vR5CaO... |    / @mrpresidentuntoldstory   Books: https://payhip.com/DavidKaneBooks Free calculators: https://calcsunny.com Free audio tools: https://audioknife.calcsunny.com Writing (memoir, business, self-help): https://www.fiverr.com/brightdesk_co