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Lewis Tappan: “Now, of all the large benevolent societies professing to promote the welfare of the whole country, and asking and…”

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Now, of all the large benevolent societies professing to promote the welfare of the whole country, and asking and receiving contributions from all parts of it, we recollect but one that had its origin in the slave region, and the business of which is transacted in it, and that is the AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.
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Lewis Tappan

Editor's note · Context

Tappan critiques the American Colonization Society as the only major benevolent organization originating from the slave region.

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