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" Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire, that all the slaves which I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties,... "
The Works of Charles Sumner - Page 326
by Charles Sumner - 1875
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The Washingtoniana: Containing a Sketch of the Life and Death of the Late ...

1802 - 440 pages
...be on hand at the time of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she may think proper. Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire, that all the slaves which I hold in my own right, shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life, would,...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - Presidents - 1807 - 486 pages
...proper. Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire, that all the slaves which I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom....difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriages with the dower negroes, as to excite the most painful sensations, if not disagreeable consequences,...
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An Essay on the Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1807 - 576 pages
...be on hand at the time of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she maythink proper. Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the Slaves which I hold in my own right shall re* In the origin»l manufcript, GIOICE WAIBINcTON'I oam« wa«...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 604 pages
...• In the original manuscript, George Washington's name wai written at the bottom of »very page. receive their freedom. To emancipate, them during...would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with guch insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriage with the dower negroes,...
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Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the American Army Through ...

Aaron Bancroft - 1808 - 584 pages
...be on hand at the time of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she may think proper. Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the Slaves which I hold in my own right shall • In the original manuscript, George Washington's name wa« written...
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The Life of George Washington: First President, and Commander in Chief of ...

John Corry - 1809 - 262 pages
...on hand at the time of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she may think- proper. " Item. — Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire, that all the slaves which 1 hold in my own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her life would,...
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The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the ...

David Ramsay - Presidents - 1811 - 522 pages
...decease of my wife, it is my will and tlesire, that all the slaves which I hold in my uu-n rig/it, shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during...difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriages with the dower negroes, as to excite the most painful sensations, if not disagreeable consequences...
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"Liberty": The Image and Superscription on Every Coin Issued by the United ...

Julius Rubens Ames - Antislavery movements - 1837 - 716 pages
...occur. Hence frequent collisions, obstinate, envenomed, and bloody contests. — Fareveil Address, 1796. Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all my slaves, which I hold in my own rigM, shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her...
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Slavery in America: With Notices of the Present State of ..., Issues 1-14

Slavery - 1837 - 340 pages
...shut the door of the apostle as a preacher to labouring people and slaves." • WASHINGTON'S WILL. Upon the decease of my wife it is my will and desire that all my slaves, which I hold in my own right, shall receive their freedom. To emancipate them during her...
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 4

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - English literature - 1838 - 754 pages
...from his will may here be given, a* illustrating what has just been observed: ' Upon the deoea*M'j 'my wife, it is my will and desire that all the slaves which I ho'1' » in my own right shall receive their freedom. To emancipate ' them during her life,...
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