We have seen that, during the revolutionary war, the Carolina militia were kept at home watching the slaves, instead of meeting the British in the field; but now it seems the same task awaits the militia in a season of profound peace.
Tappan highlights the historical role of militias in controlling enslaved populations rather than engaging in external conflicts.
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Do you ask that your children may be rescued from the ignorance and irreligion to which they are now doomed, and that avenues may be opened for you and for them to honest and profitable employment?
Up--quit yourselves like men: and may Almighty God direct and bless your efforts!
Do you pant for liberty and equality, more substantial than such as is now found only in your obliterated and tattered bills of right?
Now is the time, fellow-citizens, to assail the foe.