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Lewis Tappan: Thus you perceive how unequal is the race in which you are contending.

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Thus you perceive how unequal is the race in which you are contending.
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Lewis Tappan

Editor's note · Context

Tappan highlights the unfairness in the competition between the North and South regarding population and resources.

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