Anita:  You are quite correct on this. Jane.

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>From: Anita Wills <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sep 20, 2007 5:01 PM
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>Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Mount Vernon Opens Rebuilt Slave Cabin
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>The Free Population in that area were able to come and go as they pleased. Enslavement was as much a psychological condtion as a physical one. The slaves had to report their every move, and were subjected to punishment at the will of the person who owned them. 
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>Anita > Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 09:25:21 -0400> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Mount Vernon Opens Rebuilt Slave Cabin> To: [log in to unmask]> > I saw the article and had occasion to visit the new facilities at Mt. > Vernon. It appears to me that President Washington's slaves were well cared for > and lived better than most of the free population in that area at the time, > plantation owners excepted.> > J South> > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com
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