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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?
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “Has it ever happened that the mass of any people were rich enough to keep, for their own convenience, such expensive…”
Editor's note · Context
In this rhetorical question, Tappan prompts readers to consider the economic realities that would prevent the majority of people from affording slaves.
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