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We might as well talk of poor men owning herds of cattle and studs of horses, as gangs of negroes.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “We might as well talk of poor men owning herds of cattle and studs of horses, as gangs of negroes.”
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This analogy illustrates the absurdity of expecting poor individuals to own slaves, similar to owning expensive livestock.
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Once establish a FREE PRESS, and the fate of slavery is sealed.
It is so commonly taken for granted, that every white man at the South is a slaveholder, that many will doubtingly inquire, where are these non-slaveholding citizens to be found?
You have lamentable experience, that such is not the case where slaveholders bear rule.
They are the nobility of the south, and they find it expedient to forget that there are any commoners.