MDDM Washington & Gershom

[Doug Millison]

Where does M&D say that "Gershom is at complete liberty to do what he likes
and go where he pleases."



At 9:39 AM +1100 7/10/02, jbor wrote:
>on 10/7/02 9:28 AM, Doug Millison at millison at online-journalist.com wrote:
>
>> I see.  You mean that Gershom's slavery is liberty. Thanks for clearing
>> that up.
>
>No. I mean that, in the novel _Mason & Dixon_, Gershom is at complete
>liberty to do what he likes and go where he pleases. His "nominal Master",
>George Washington, has granted him this liberty.
>
>> And if Gershom's master decided to sell his slave to somebody else, he
>> wouldn't have the right to do that?
>
>But he doesn't.
>