“Our concern, however, is with slavery as it is, and not with any theory of it.” TheoryConcernSlavery Book:Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi Source: Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi
“It, sometimes, suits the slaveholders to claim, that their slavery is an exclusively State concern; and that the North has, therefore, nothing to do with it.” SometimesStatesConcernClaimsSlaverySuitsSlaveholders Book:Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress Source: Speeches of Gerrit Smith in Congress