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\u201cAs a people, we of New England, are lamentably ignorant of the subject of slavery, but even our ignorance is exceeded by our apathy.\u00a0 When we hear of the cruel conduct of the slaveholders, we often kindle into a flame, and our judgments tell us that they are without excuse.\u00a0 We can hardly believe that such beings exist in our land.\u00a0 This is a righteous indignation; these feelings of abhorrence are creditable to our humanity.\u00a0 But what if it should appear, on a candid examination, that we are as guilty as the slave owners?\u00a0 that we uphold a system which is full of cruelty and blood?\u00a0 that the chains which bind the limbs of the slaves have been riveted by us? Let us see whether we are indeed\u00a0 implicated in this bloody business.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn its origin, slavery was a common crime; it is equally so in its continuance, as well as a common curse; in its removal we are all bound to assist.\u00a0 The foundation of the system was laid in Massachusetts and Virginia.\u00a0 Other colonies immediately began to build thereon; and if the free states have since overturned the wings of the superstructure, they have also assisted in furnishing material to enlarge the main edifice.\u00a0 For thirty-two years after the Declaration of Independence, the ships of New England were actively engaged in stealing victims on the coast of Africa.\u00a0 \u2026..Moreover, the transportation of domestic slaves (a trade equally atrocious with the foreign) is almost\u00a0 exclusively effected in eastern vessels\u2026\u2026..\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAs a people, we of New England, are lamentably ignorant of the subject of slavery, but even our ignorance is exceeded by our apathy.\u00a0 When we hear of the cruel…<\/p>\n

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