On the record
They fear the PEOPLE; they are alarmed at the very idea of power and influence being possessed by any portion of the community not directly interested in slave property.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “They fear the PEOPLE; they are alarmed at the very idea of power and influence being possessed by any portion of the…”
Editor's note · Context
Tappan discusses the fear of the Southern elite regarding the potential for power among the non-slaveholding population.
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