At the first census, in every slave State there was a very large majority of whites--now, the slaves out-number the whites in South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana, and the next census will unquestionably add Florida and Alabama, and probably Georgia, to the number of negro States.
Tappan discusses the alarming trend of increasing slave populations in southern states compared to whites, predicting future changes.
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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?
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.
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?