On the record
It has been the policy of the slaveholders to keep entirely out of sight their own numerical inferiority, and to speak and act as if their interests were those of the whole community.
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Lewis Tappan
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Editor's note · Context
In this critique, Tappan accuses slaveholders of obscuring their numerical inferiority and misrepresenting their interests as those of the whole community.
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