On the record
When it shall be found no longer profitable to raise slaves for the market, the stock on hand will be driven South and sold for what it may fetch, and free labor substituted in its place.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “When it shall be found no longer profitable to raise slaves for the market, the stock on hand will be driven South and…”
Editor's note · Context
Tappan predicts that when raising slaves becomes unprofitable, the existing enslaved population will be sold off and replaced with free labor.
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