21 Quotes by Lewis Tappan

I am for the largest liberty for the poor man -- for the oppressed.

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 excitement, do something that everybody will notice.

If any fall by the hand of violence, others will continue the blessed work.

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 in a language they could comprehend!

They said their sufferings were great on the passage, and several of their number had died.

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, supply them with many useful articles and give the Missionaries money to sustain themselves for a while.

Most of the prisoners told the interpreter that they are from Mandingo.

The African prisoners are orderly and peaceable among themselves.

The curiosity to see the prisoners appears to be unabated