On the record
Hence with them slavery is the INSTITUTION of the SOUTH, while it is in fact the institution of only a portion of the people of the south.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “Hence with them slavery is the INSTITUTION of the SOUTH, while it is in fact the institution of only a portion of the…”
Editor's note · Context
This statement highlights the perception of slavery as a foundational institution for the South, while Tappan argues it only serves a portion of the population.
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Do you pant for liberty and equality, more substantial than such as is now found only in your obliterated and tattered bills of right?
Do you ask that your children may be rescued from the ignorance and irreligion to which they are now doomed, and that avenues may be opened for you and for them to honest and profitable employment?
In the place of your present contempt, and degradation, and misery, honor, and wealth, and happiness court your acceptance.
The institution which oppresses you is suffering from the decrepitude of age, and is the scorn and loathing of the world.