On the record
In some of the slave States laws have been passed establishing a censorship of the press, for the exclusive and special benefit of the slaveholders.
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Lewis Tappan
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Tappan discusses the legal measures taken to ensure that the press serves the interests of slaveholders exclusively.
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Up--quit yourselves like men: and may Almighty God direct and bless your efforts!
Now is the time, fellow-citizens, to assail the foe.
In the place of your present contempt, and degradation, and misery, honor, and wealth, and happiness court your acceptance.
Unite then, we beseech you, with one heart and one mind, for the legal, constitutional abolition of slavery.