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The institution which oppresses you is suffering from the decrepitude of age, and is the scorn and loathing of the world.
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Lewis Tappan
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He describes the institution of slavery as outdated and despised by the world.
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Hence the insane efforts constantly made to expurgate the literature of the world of all recognition of the rights of black men.
In 1837, Governor Clarke, in his message to the Kentucky Legislature, remarked, "By the computation of those most familiar with the subject, ONE THIRD OF THE ADULT POPULATION OF THE STATE ARE UNABLE TO WRITE THEIR NAMES.
If we are permitted to apply this rule in testing the moral condition of the South, the result will not be favorable.
You have lamentable experience, that such is not the case where slaveholders bear rule.