On the record
We will present for your consideration a series of atrocities, perpetrated, not by individuals in secret, but in open day by the slaveholding populace.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “We will present for your consideration a series of atrocities, perpetrated, not by individuals in secret, but in open…”
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Tappan highlights the public nature of atrocities committed by slaveholders, emphasizing the societal complicity in these acts.
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