“I am not clear that a discrimination will not render slavery…”

“I am not clear that a discrimination will not render slavery more irksome to those who remain in it. Most of the good and evil things in this life are judged of by comparison; and I fear a comparison in this case will be productive of much discontent in those who are held in servitude.”

— George Washington

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Context

Letter to Henry Laurens (20 March 1779)

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