Lewis Tappan: “No man would even dare for an hour to leave his own habitation; if he did, he would expect on his return to find his…”

We surely need not detain you with farther details on this head, to convince you what an enormous sacrifice of happiness and prosperity you are offering on the altar of slavery.

We know that this result is so startling and unexpected, that you will scarcely credit the testimony of figures themselves.

The very advertisements in your newspapers show that, for a vast proportion of the comforts and conveniences of life, you are dependent on Northern manufacturers and mechanics.

Education elevates the inferior classes of society, teaches them their rights, and points out the means of enforcing them.