The Mt. Vernon website lists at least one transaction of George Washington "purchasing" teeth from enslaved people on his estate. Was this practice common between slave-owners and their slaves and was it done as "voluntarily" as the website would lead one to believe?

by ExiledToTerminus

Here is the link to the article: https://www.mountvernon.org/george-washington/health/washingtons-teeth/george-washington-and-slave-teeth/#-

The author of the article seems to conclude that this arrangement was common and voluntarily between President Washington and the unnamed enslaved persons, but I am not sure I entirely buy that portrayal. Is this something that commonly happened and were enslaved people voluntarily participating in the practice or were they likely coerced (directly or indirectly)?

voyeur324

/u/uncovered-history has previously answered Is there any truth to this article claiming George Washington's false teeth were taken from his slaves? but may see fit to elaborate.