MDDM Washington

[Otto]

----- Original Message -----
From: "jbor" <jbor at bigpond.com>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 7:22 AM
Subject: Re: MDDM Washington
(snip)
>
> http://gwpapers.virginia.edu/slavery/advertiseimage.html
>
>     " [...] As they went off without the least Suspicion, Provocation, or
>     Difference with any Body, or the least angry Word or Abuse from their
>     Overseers, 'tis supposed they will hardly lurk about in the
>     Neighbourhood [...]"
>
> best
>

Does the formulation "As ... 'tis supposed" indicate that GW doesn't expect
that somebody will hide & help them because everybody in the neighbourhood
knows they don't have been mistreated?

Otto


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