These were free citizens of other States, deprived of their liberty solely on account of the complexion their Maker had given them, and in direct violation of the express language of the Federal Constitution.
Tappan condemns the violation of the Federal Constitution that leads to the imprisonment of free citizens based on their race.
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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.
Now is the time, fellow-citizens, to assail the foe.
Do you ask that your children may be rescued from the ignorance and irreligion to which they are now doomed, and that avenues may be opened for you and for them to honest and profitable employment?
Unite then, we beseech you, with one heart and one mind, for the legal, constitutional abolition of slavery.