J. South, According to Henry Weincek's excellent book, "An Imperfect God", George Washington came to oppose slavery in the closing years of his life. Had he been king, and had the same change of heart in his waning years, perhaps slavery could have been over and done with early in the 19th century. On the other hand, at that point in time, slavery was beginning to stabilize in Virginia, but was still on the upswing in the southern states. It could have prompted the states from the Carolinas south to bolt 70 years before the Civil War took place. Anne Anne Pemberton [log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/apembert http://www.educationalsynthesis.org ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html