On the record
Would that we could here close these fearful narratives; but another and more recent instance of that ferocious lawlessness which slavery has engendered, must still be added.
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Lewis Tappan
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Editor's note · Context
Tappan warns of ongoing lawlessness stemming from slavery, indicating a persistent societal issue.
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But we have some official confessions, which give a still more deplorable account of Southern ignorance.
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We ask your attention to the injuries inflicted upon you and your children, by an institution which lives by your sufferance, and will die at your mandate.
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