Edmund Morgan Quote

When Landon Carter, a Virginia plantation owner, read the Declaration of Independence two days after it was issued, he wondered whether its ringing affirmation of equality meant that slaves must be freed. If so, he confided to his diary, 'You must send them out of the country, or they must steal for their support.'

Edmund Morgan

When Landon Carter, a Virginia plantation owner, read the Declaration of Independence two days after it was issued, he wondered whether its ringing affirmation of equality meant that slaves must be freed. If so, he confided to his diary, 'You must send them out of the country, or they must steal for their support.'

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About Edmund Morgan

Edmund Morgan may refer to:

Edmund Morgan (historian) (1916–2013), American historian of early American history
Edmund Morgan (of Llandaff), Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1601 and 1621
Edmund Morgan (bishop) (1888–1979), bishop of Southampton, and of Truro