Lewis Tappan: “The attributes of the Deity may be discussed, but not the rights of the master.”

It is also a matter of notoriety, that the price of slaves has been and still is such as to confine their possession almost exclusively to the rich.

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.

No other cause can be assigned than slavery, which drives from your borders many of the virtuous and enterprising, and at the same time deters emigrants from other States and from foreign countries from settling among you.