MDDM Washington & Gershom

[jbor]

on 10/7/02 10:02 AM, Doug Millison at millison at online-journalist.com wrote:

> jbor:
> His "nominal Master",
>>> George Washington, has granted him this liberty.
> 
> "nominal Master"  means a Master who has given up his legal rights in
> holding the slave as property?

No, "nominal Master" means that George perceives that he has no actual
control over what Gershom thinks, says, eats, smokes or does, or over where
he goes. Which is what Pynchon's novel illustrates.

best