MDDM: Washington & Gershom

[jbor]

on 12/7/02 3:22 PM, Doug Millison at millison at online-journalist.com wrote:
 
> the key distinction that M&D makes -- the axmen work
> for Mason and Dixon as employees, they are not forced to do so as slaves.
> If they get tired of the work or their treatment, they can leave whenever
> they want to.  

... and it's very odd to see you suddenly embracing the virtues of
capitalist enterprise. Any port in a storm, I guess.

Gershom, of course, in the novel _Mason & Dixon_, has been granted the
liberty to perform, to earn a private income, and GW really doesn't seem all
that concerned about whether or not he completes his "duties" at Mt Vernon
at all (279.29).

best