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No, fellow-citizens, your great slaveholders have no idea of surrendering the personal importance and the political influence they derive from their slaves.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “No, fellow-citizens, your great slaveholders have no idea of surrendering the personal importance and the political…”
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Tappan asserts that slaveholders are unlikely to relinquish their power and influence derived from slavery, emphasizing their resistance to change.
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