 | Robin D. G. Kelley, Earl Lewis - 2005 - 320 strani
...expressed his fear of Dunmore's plan. The patriot commander wrote that if "that man is not crushed by spring, he will become the most formidable enemy America...slaves and servants of the impotency of his designs." But during the spring of 1776, it was not General Washington who stopped the dramatic flow of black... | |
 | Vincent Carretta - 2005 - 472 strani
...spring he will become the most formidable enemy America has; his strength will increase as a snowball by rolling; and faster if some expedient cannot be...convince the slaves and servants of the impotency of his designs."20 In 1779 British general Henry Clinton issued the Phillipsburg Proclamation in South Carolina... | |
 | Adam Hochschild - 2006 - 500 strani
...wrote one. And a dismayed George Washington feared that, with freed slaves joining their army, British "strength will increase as a snow ball by rolling:...and faster, if some expedient cannot be hit upon." Several of Washington's own slaves ran away to join the British, as did some belonging to his fellow... | |
 | Michael A. McDonnell - 2007 - 565 strani
...the anxieties of his cousin at Mount Vernon, thought that Dunmore's success would also be far worse "if some expedient cannot be hit upon to convince...slaves and servants of the impotency of his designs." Charles Lee concurred and hoped that Norfolk would not become the next Boston. If it did, the threat... | |
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His strength will increase as a snowball by rolling, and faster, if some expedient cannot be hit upon to convince the slaves and servants of the impotency of his designs. 
