Lewis Tappan Quotes

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• If any fall by the hand of violence, others will continue the blessed work.
• The African prisoners are orderly and peaceable among themselves.
• Most of the prisoners told the interpreter that they are from Mandingo.
• The curiosity to see the prisoners appears to be unabated
• One of the men attached to the prison was the occasion of great amusement on the part of the prisoners, as well as the spectators,…
• There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel.
• If you wish to draw off the people from a bad or wicked custom, you must beat up for a march; you must make an…
• You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and…
• These meetings all have excited great attention, and have been of an exceedingly interesting character.
• We will persevere, come life or death.
• The prisoners eyed the clothes some time, and laughed a good deal among themselves before they put them on.
• Indeed, the whole company, although thin in flesh, and generally of slight forms, and limbs, especially, are as good looking and intelligent a body of…
• They said their sufferings were great on the passage, and several of their number had died.
• The event of the landing of these brethren upon our shores is to be, not without its beneficial effect, as well to the colored population…
• They have a fine breeze and are now we hope, well on their way.
• The Anti-Slavery public have generously responded to our appeal, and sent the means to enable us to fit them out well, to pay their passages,…

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