Gerrit Smith Quote

We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be.

Letter of Gerrit Smith to Rev. James Smylie: Of the State of Mississippi (ed. 1837)

We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be.

We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be.

We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be.

We must continue to judge of slavery by what it is, and not by what you tell us it will, or may be.