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A profound peace, and consequent apathy, may expose us to the danger of domestic insurrection." So it seems the happy slaves are to be kept from insurrection by a state of military preparation.
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Lewis Tappan
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Editor's note · Context
Tappan warns that complacency among slaveholders can lead to increased risk of rebellion by enslaved people.
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Unite then, we beseech you, with one heart and one mind, for the legal, constitutional abolition of slavery.
In the place of your present contempt, and degradation, and misery, honor, and wealth, and happiness court your acceptance.
Out of the slave region, patriots and philanthropists, and Christians of every name and sect abhor and execrate it.
The institution which oppresses you is suffering from the decrepitude of age, and is the scorn and loathing of the world.