 | Stilson Hutchins, Joseph West Moore - Washington (D.C.) - 1885 - 368 pages
...think proper. " Item.—Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the slaves whom I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom....would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriage with the dower negroes,... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1799 - 574 pages
...of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she may think proper. ITEM — Upon the decease of wife it is my will and desire, that all the slaves which...freedom — To emancipate them during her life, would tho earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture... | |
 | Worthington Chauncey Ford - 1891 - 234 pages
...of my decease, to be used and disposed of as she may think proper. ITEM — Upon the decease of wife it is my will and desire, that all the slaves which...freedom — To emancipate them during her life, would tho earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture... | |
 | African Americans - 1838 - 406 pages
...1799 : "Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the •laves, whom 1 hold by my own right, shall receive their freedom. To emancipate...would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriage with the dower negroes,... | |
 | George Washington - Quotations, American - 1894 - 510 pages
...SLAVES LIBERATED. * Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the slaves whom I hold in my own right, shall receive their freedom....would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriage with the dower negroes,... | |
 | Elizabeth Bryant Johnston - United States - 1895 - 270 pages
...Simms and Ludwell Lee. A clause in this document reads as follows : " Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the slaves which I hold in my own right shall have their freedom." " The majestic story of that life — whether told in the pages of Marshall or... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - Generals - 1897 - 378 pages
...which stood by the bed side." A clause in Washington's will directed that " Upon the decease of my wife it is my will and desire that all the slaves which...freedom — To emancipate them during her life, would, tho earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - Biography & Autobiography - 1896 - 378 pages
...which stood by the bed side." A clause in Washington's will directed that " Upon the decease of my wife it is my will and desire that all the slaves which I hold in my awn right shall receive their freedom — To emancipate them during her life, would, tho earnestly... | |
 | Paul Leicester Ford - 1896 - 376 pages
...which stood by the bed side." A clause in Washington's will directed that " Upon the decease of my wife it is my will and desire that all the slaves which...in my own right shall receive their freedom — To 152 MASTER AND EMPLOYER emancipate them during her life, would, tho earnestly wished by me, be attended... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1900 - 392 pages
...December 11, 1796. " Upon the decease of my wife, it is my will and desire that all the slaves whom I hold in my own right shall receive their freedom....would, though earnestly wished by me, be attended with such insuperable difficulties, on account of their intermixture by marriage with the dower negroes,... | |
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