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Is it because the interests of the slaveholders are not represented in the national councils?
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “Is it because the interests of the slaveholders are not represented in the national councils?”
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Tappan suggests that the lack of representation for slaveholders in national politics may contribute to their challenges.
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Up--quit yourselves like men: and may Almighty God direct and bless your efforts!
Unite then, we beseech you, with one heart and one mind, for the legal, constitutional abolition of slavery.
If you admit the greatest happiness of the greatest number to be the true test of national prosperity, then, beyond all controversy, the British West Indies are now infinitely more prosperous than at any previous period of their history.
By abolishing slavery you will become the architects of your own fortune, and of your country's greatness.