Lewis Tappan: “And remember, we pray you, that the number and physical strength of…”

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And remember, we pray you, that the number and physical strength of the negroes will increase in a much greater ratio than that of their masters.

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Lewis Tappan

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Tappan reminds his audience of the growing strength of the enslaved population compared to their masters, suggesting a future shift in power.

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The influence of slavery on population is strikingly illustrated by a comparison between Kentucky and Ohio.

You have lamentable experience, that such is not the case where slaveholders bear rule.

Has it ever happened that the mass of any people were rich enough to keep, for their own convenience, such expensive laborers--as southern slaves?

If we turn to the new States, we find that slavery and freedom have the same influence on population as in the old.

Lewis Tappan: “And remember, we pray you, that the number and physical strength of the negroes will increase in a much greater ratio…”