tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post691952255660643560..comments2024-03-28T04:30:40.483-05:00Comments on Lit and Life: Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit Of Their Runaway Slave Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong DunbarLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05554217416500328610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-20604724324408109682017-02-10T11:30:07.306-06:002017-02-10T11:30:07.306-06:00I really dislike when nonfiction authors insert th...I really dislike when nonfiction authors insert the words like infer or assume when discussing topics around which there are little to no original source references. It takes me right out of the topic at hand because I get so caught up in the presumption of the author for making such assumptions. What if I infer something else? By those very words, the author biases himself and antagonizes me. Just one of those reading annoyances. <br /><br />I was one of the weird ones who read and loved Ron Chernow's Washington bio. I can't say I view him any differently or that his views on slavery were a surprise. I think we all know that the Founding Fathers, with a few exceptions, were a bunch of hypocrites when it came to slavery and how to deal with the "institution" in the Constitution.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02160951421693455864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7605456781483914021.post-12394413740000119182017-02-09T08:52:01.616-06:002017-02-09T08:52:01.616-06:00This sounds really interesting and I'm fascina...This sounds really interesting and I'm fascinated by the actual Washington - not just the regal portrait we always see. I know in his will Washington did leave orders for his slaves to be freed after the death of his wife and that she had freed them before her death but one does wonder what he would have done if there had been children to pass them onto. Katherine Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12126062556416434416noreply@blogger.com