Lewis Tappan: “No sooner shall the negroes cease to be oppressed, than they will…”

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No sooner shall the negroes cease to be oppressed, than they will cease to hate.

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Lewis Tappan

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Tappan argues that ending oppression would lead to the cessation of hatred from enslaved people.

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

Up--quit yourselves like men: and may Almighty God direct and bless your efforts!

Out of the slave region, patriots and philanthropists, and Christians of every name and sect abhor and execrate it.

By abolishing slavery you will become the architects of your own fortune, and of your country's greatness.

Lewis Tappan: “No sooner shall the negroes cease to be oppressed, than they will cease to hate.”