On the record
Why this continually increasing disparity between you and your Northern brethren?
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “Why this continually increasing disparity between you and your Northern brethren?”
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Tappan inquires about the increasing disparity between the North and South, seeking to understand its causes.
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