Lewis Tappan: “And what, fellow-citizens, will be the condition of such of you as…”

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And what, fellow-citizens, will be the condition of such of you as shall then remain in the slave States?

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Lewis Tappan

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Tappan questions the future of those who remain in slave states amidst the changes he foresees, urging reflection on their fate.

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The institution which oppresses you is suffering from the decrepitude of age, and is the scorn and loathing of the world.

Now is the time, fellow-citizens, to assail the foe.

You will be cheered by the approbation of your own consciences, and by the plaudits of mankind.

Unite then, we beseech you, with one heart and one mind, for the legal, constitutional abolition of slavery.

Lewis Tappan: “And what, fellow-citizens, will be the condition of such of you as shall then remain in the slave States?”