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…”

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

In the place of your present contempt, and degradation, and misery, honor, and wealth, and happiness court your acceptance.

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?

Do you pant for liberty and equality, more substantial than such as is now found only in your obliterated and tattered bills of right?