George Washington --Abolitionist! - 0 views
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slavery haunted the hearts and minds of virtually all of the Founding Fathers.
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Yet slavery was repugnant to the nation's president. He disliked the inhumanity of the system. Many families had to be split up; often married men lived far from their wives and children. Supervision frequently resulted in corporal punishment and sickness and death were prevalent.
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In his journals, Washington also discussed attention to medical care. Overseers were "to be particularly attentive to the Negros in their sickness." Such treatment, Washington commented, was not always widespread. Wealthy slaveowners ... "were not always as kind," he lamented, "and as attentive to their wants and usage as they ought to be."
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