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But what a commentary on slavery and slaveholders is afforded by the gross ignorance prevailing in the old States of South Carolina, Virginia, and North Carolina!
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Lewis Tappan
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Tappan critiques the ignorance prevalent in Southern states as a direct consequence of slavery.
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