Lewis Tappan: “The very horror manifested by the slaveholders of the means we…”

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The very horror manifested by the slaveholders of the means we recommend, is evidence of their efficacy.

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Lewis Tappan

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He interprets the fear of slaveholders regarding abolitionist strategies as a sign of their potential effectiveness.

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Hence the insane efforts constantly made to expurgate the literature of the world of all recognition of the rights of black men.

Education elevates the inferior classes of society, teaches them their rights, and points out the means of enforcing them.

If we turn to the new States, we find that slavery and freedom have the same influence on population as in the old.

The influence of slavery on population is strikingly illustrated by a comparison between Kentucky and Ohio.

Lewis Tappan: “The very horror manifested by the slaveholders of the means we recommend, is evidence of their efficacy.”