George Washington Quotes:
Ocupation: 1st U.S. President
Life: February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799
Birthday: February 22
Death: December 14
I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted, by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law.
source: George Washington, Jared Sparks (1835). “The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private”, p.159
topic: Country, Mean, Law, American Slavery
