 Were it not then, that I am principled agt. selling negroes, as you would do cattle at a market, I would not, in twelve months from this date, be possessed of one as a slave. — I shall be happily mistaken, if they are not found to be a very troublesome...  The Writings of George Washington - Page 505by George Washington - 1891Full view - About this book
 | New York Public Library - Bibliography - 1898 - 504 pages
...negroes, as you would do cattle at a market, I would not, in twelve months from this date, be possessed of one as a slave. — I shall be happily mistaken, if they are not found to be a very troublesome species of property ere many years pass over our heads (but this by the bye) —... | |
 | New York Public Library - Bibliography - 1898 - 502 pages
...negroes, as you would do cattle at a market, I would not, in twelve months from this date, be possessed of one as a slave. — I shall be happily mistaken, if they are not found to be a very troublesome species of property ere many years pass over our heads (but this by the bye) —... | |
 | George Washington - Mount Vernon - 1906 - 330 pages
...negroes, as you would do cattle at a market, I would not, in twelve months from this date, be possessed of one as a slave. — I shall be happily mistaken, if they are not found to be a very troublesome species of property ere many years pass over our heads (but this by the bye) —... | |
 | Owen Wister - Presidents - 1907 - 316 pages
...am principled against selling negroes ... I would not in twelve months from this date be possessed of one, as a slave. I shall be happily mistaken if...species of property ere many years pass over our heads. . . . We are all the children of the same country. . . . Our interest ... is 236 formly been ... to... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1908 - 500 pages
...negroes, as you would do cattle at a market, I would not in twelve months from this date, be possessed of one, as a slave. I shall be happily mistaken, if...ere many years pass over our heads- — (but this bye the bye). For this reason — and because there is but little sale for what is raised in the Western... | |
 | Ulrich Bonnell Phillips - Plantation life - 1909 - 396 pages
...negroes, as you would do cattle at a market, I would not in twelve months hence, be possessed of a single one as a slave. I shall be happily mistaken if they are not found to be a very troublesome species of property ere many years have passed over our heads (but this by the bye)... | |
 | John Rogers Commons, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, John Bertram Andrews - Labor - 1910 - 394 pages
...negroes, as you would do cattle at a market, I would not in twelve months hence, be possessed of a single one as a slave. I shall be happily mistaken if they are not found to be a very troublesome species of property ere many years have passed over our heads (but this by the bye)... | |
 | Paul Leland Haworth - Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) - 1915 - 402 pages
...negroes, as you would cattle at a market, I would not in twelve months from this date, be possessed of one as a slave. — I shall be happily mistaken, if they are not found to be a very troublesome species of property ere many years pass over our heads." "I wish from my soul that... | |
 | Ulrich Bonnell Phillips - Plantation life - 1918 - 558 pages
...negroes, as you would cattle in a market, I would not in twelve months hence be possessed of a single one as a slave. I shall be happily mistaken if they are not found to be a very troublesome species of property ere many years have passed over our heads." J But at that very... | |
 | Ulrich Bonnell Phillips - Plantation life - 1918 - 556 pages
...negroes, as you would cattle in a market, I would not in twelve months hence be possessed of a single one as a slave. I shall be happily mistaken if they are not found to be a very troublesome species of property ere many years have passed over our heads." * But at that very... | |
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