On the record
In these States slave labor is unprofitable, and the bondman is of but little value, save as an article of exportation.
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Lewis Tappan
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gutenberg.orgLewis Tappan: “In these States slave labor is unprofitable, and the bondman is of but little value, save as an article of exportation.”
Editor's note · Context
Tappan argues that slave labor is becoming unprofitable in certain states, reducing the value of enslaved individuals to mere commodities.
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Out of the slave region, patriots and philanthropists, and Christians of every name and sect abhor and execrate it.
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You will be cheered by the approbation of your own consciences, and by the plaudits of mankind.
Now is the time, fellow-citizens, to assail the foe.