Lewis Tappan: “If then the fetters of the slave are not to be broken by the master…”

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If then the fetters of the slave are not to be broken by the master, by whom is he to be liberated?

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Lewis Tappan

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Tappan questions who will liberate the enslaved if not their masters, emphasizing the need for action against slavery.

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The institution which oppresses you is suffering from the decrepitude of age, and is the scorn and loathing of the world.

He is terrified by the echo of his own threats, and the very proposal to dissolve the Union and leave him to his fate, throws him into paroxysms.

Unite then, we beseech you, with one heart and one mind, for the legal, constitutional abolition of slavery.

By abolishing slavery you will become the architects of your own fortune, and of your country's greatness.

Lewis Tappan: “If then the fetters of the slave are not to be broken by the master, by whom is he to be liberated?”