Their wives and children, no longer toiling under the lash, are now engaged in the occupations of the family and of the school; while many of the fathers and husbands have become landholders, and raise their own food, and also articles for the market.
Tappan highlights the positive changes in the lives of families after the abolition of slavery.
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You will be cheered by the approbation of your own consciences, and by the plaudits of mankind.
Out of the slave region, patriots and philanthropists, and Christians of every name and sect abhor and execrate it.
Up--quit yourselves like men: and may Almighty God direct and bless your efforts!
He is terrified by the echo of his own threats, and the very proposal to dissolve the Union and leave him to his fate, throws him into paroxysms.