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Discussion once commenced, the enemies of slavery will multiply faster with you than they do elsewhere for the obvious reason, that with you there is no dispute about facts.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “Discussion once commenced, the enemies of slavery will multiply faster with you than they do elsewhere for the obvious…”
Editor's note · Context
He asserts that once discussions about slavery begin, opposition to it will grow rapidly among the people of the South.
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Out of the slave region, patriots and philanthropists, and Christians of every name and sect abhor and execrate it.
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