MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver

[Dave Monroe]

>From H.W. Robinson, "Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779)--A
Biographical Note," Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. 91 (1950), p.
273 ...

"Dixon came upon a slave driver mercilesly beating a
poor black woman.  Going up to him he said: 'Thou must
not do that!' [...]  Then righteous wrath overcame his
Quaker principles.  He was a tall and powerful man,
and an imposing figure, so without more ado he seized
the slave driver's whip and with it gave him the sound
thrashing that he richly deserved."

Quite possibly a capital-s Source here, see ...

Foreman, David.  "Historical Documents Relating
   to Mason & Dixon," Pynchon and Mason & Dixon.
   Ed. Brooke Horvath and Irving Malin.  Newark:
   U of Delaware P, 2000.  143-66.

http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0208&msg=69517&sort=date

... and note significant differences in M&D. 
Apologies if this has been (re)posted again recently,
but I'm still sweeping out my inbox, so ...

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