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In the meantime, especially in the cotton States, the slaves will continue to increase in a ratio far beyond the whites, and will at length acquire a fearful preponderance.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “In the meantime, especially in the cotton States, the slaves will continue to increase in a ratio far beyond the whites…”
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Tappan warns about the demographic shift in the cotton states, highlighting the potential power imbalance between slaves and whites.
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