On the record
It is not deemed necessary, in the chivalrous Palmetto State, to give grand and petit juries the trouble of indicting and trying slaves, even when their lives are at stake.
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Lewis Tappan
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Tappan critiques the lack of legal protections for enslaved individuals in South Carolina.
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By abolishing slavery you will become the architects of your own fortune, and of your country's greatness.
Now is the time, fellow-citizens, to assail the foe.
Out of the slave region, patriots and philanthropists, and Christians of every name and sect abhor and execrate it.
The institution which oppresses you is suffering from the decrepitude of age, and is the scorn and loathing of the world.