David McCullough Quotes
She Was Particularly Curious About The Viginians, Wondering If, As Slaveholders, They Had The Necessary Commitment To The Cause Of Freedom. "I Have," She Wrote, "sometimes Been Ready To Think That The Passions For Liberty Cannot Be Equally Strong In The Breasts Of Those Who Have Been Accustomed To Deprive Their Fellow Creature Of Theirs." What She Felt About Those In Massachusetts Who Owned Slaves, Including Her Own Father, She Did Not Say, But She Need Not Have
John Knew Her Mind On The Subject. Writing To Him During The First Congress, She Had Been Unmistakably Clear: "I Wish Most Sincerely There Was Not A Slave In The Province. It Always Seemed A Most Iniquitous Scheme To Me
[to] Fight Ourselves For What We Are Daily Robbing And Plundering From Those Who Have As Good A Right To Freedom As We Have.
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