MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver

[Otto]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Monroe" <davidmmonroe at yahoo.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: MDDM Ch. 72 Dixon and the slave driver


> 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  "Historical Documents Relating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 ...
>


"(...) righteous wrath overcame his Quaker principles."

Thanks for the Source, Dave. So Rob's reading isn't only supported by the
text (several times an italicised "you") but as well by the primary source
Pynchon has used for the novel.

Otto

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