On the record
Indeed, it is obvious to any person attentive to the movements of the South, that the slaveholders dread domestic far more than foreign interference with their darling system.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “Indeed, it is obvious to any person attentive to the movements of the South, that the slaveholders dread domestic far…”
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Tappan points out the fear slaveholders have of internal dissent more than external threats.
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