 | James D. McCabe - 1868 - 528 strani
...Slavery. Said Washington to John F. Mercer, in 1786 : " I never mean, unless some particular circumstance should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my firstwishes to see some plan adopted by which Slavery in this country may be abolished by law" Said... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1870 - 566 strani
...which he had long entertained. In a letter to Mr. John F. Mercer, in September, 1786, he writes, " I never mean, unless some particular circumstances...slavery in this country may be abolished by law." And eleven years afterwards, in August, 1797, he writes to his nephew, Lawrence Lewis, in a letter... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1870 - 462 strani
...effected, and that, ton, by legislative authority." — Letter of Washington to Lafayette, May 10, 1786. " I never mean, unless some particular circumstances...possess another slave by purchase, it being among my jir& wishes to see some plan adopted by which Slavery in this conntry jnay be abolished by law." —... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1870 - 556 strani
...Washington speak for them. " It is among my first wishes," he said, in a letter to John F. Mercer, " to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law."2 And in his will, penned with his own hand, during the last year of his life, he bore his testimony... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1871 - 564 strani
...time before the formation of the National Constitution, he declared, by letter, that it was "among his first wishes to see some plan adopted by which Slavery in this country might be abolished by law " ; l and again, in another letter, that, in support of any legislative measure... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1870 - 554 strani
...Washington speak for them. " It is among my first wishes," he said, in a letter to John F. Mercer, " to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may lie abolished by law."2 And in his will, penned with his own hand, during the last year of his life,... | |
 | George Washington - 1871 - 240 strani
...MORRIS, April 12, 1786. 9 Sparks, 158. 19. SLAVERY. NEVER mean, unless some particular circumstance should compel me to it, to possess another slave by...which slavery in this country may be abolished by law. To JOHN F. MERCER, September 9, 1786. 9 Sparks, 159. 20. HE AGAIN INVITES MADAME DE LAFAYETTE. i| ADAM,... | |
 | Charles Sumner - 1871 - 482 strani
...the existing state of things among us. Let them bear in mind that he declared it to be " among his first wishes to see some plan adopted by which Slavery in this country may be abolished by law," — that, to promote this purpose, ho expressed a desire, in a recorded interview with a distinguished... | |
 | Mark Twain - 1873 - 936 strani
...Jefferson has already been quoted. General Washington declared it " among my first wishes to see some pbm adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." Patrick Henry thought that "we ought to lament and deplore the necessity of holding our fellow man... | |
 | Charles Edwards Lester - 1874 - 648 strani
..." It is among my first wishes," he said, in a letter to JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 27 John Fenton Mercer, " to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law." And in his will, penned with his own hand, in the last year of his life, he bore his testimony again,... | |
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I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery, in this country, may be abolished by law. 
