6.1.2 Expensive campaigns 9 Education Countries whose capital is not their largest city. Washington D.C is located in the United StatesWashington D.C.Washington D.C, In 1788 Washington declined a suggestion from a leading French abolitionist Jacques Brissot to establish an abolitionist society in Virginia stating that although he supported the idea the time was not yet right to confront the issue the historian Henry Wiencek (2003) believes based on a remark that appears in the notebook of his biographer David Humphreys that Washington considered making a public statement by freeing his slaves on the eve of his presidency in 1789 the historian Philip D Morgan (2005) disagrees believing the remark was a "private expression of remorse" at his inability to free his slaves. Other historians agree with Morgan that Washington was determined not to risk national unity over an issue as divisive as slavery. Washington never responded to any of the antislavery petitions he received and the subject was not mentioned in either his last address to Congress or his Farewell Address. .
Many places and monuments have been named in honor of Washington most notably the nation's capital Washington D.C the state of Washington is the only state to be named after a president; 3.1 Passenger Main article: Reconstruction Era, Southern slaves generally attended their masters' white churches where they often outnumbered the white congregants They were usually permitted to sit only in the back or in the balcony They listened to white preachers who emphasized the obligation of slaves to keep in their place and acknowledged the slave's identity as both person and property. Preachers taught the masters responsibility and the concept of appropriate paternal treatment using Christianity to improve conditions for slaves and to treat them "justly and fairly" (Col 4:1) This included masters having self-control not disciplining under anger not threatening and ultimately fostering Christianity among their slaves by example.
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