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Their philanthropy was without regard to complexion; they abhorred slavery, as based on injustice and cruelty; and more, as dangerous to our liberties.
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Tompkins praises the philanthropy of those who opposed slavery, emphasizing its inherent injustice.
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When the entire abolition of slavery takes place, it will be an event which must be most pleasing to every generous mind, and to every friend of human nature.
We ought to lament and deplore the necessity of holding our fellow men in bondage.
There can be no other reason than the one given by George Mason eighty years ago: slavery produces a most pernicious effect upon manners.
It is our privilege, it is our duty, to repel those assaults, that the world may know that when the advanced guard of freedom is attacked, "our feet shall be always in the arena, and our shields shall hang always in the lists.
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