Bunker Hill and hypocrisy
June 17, 1852
To son George: “Today is the anniversary of he Bunker Hill battle. From our house, (far as we are off,) I can see the flags waving from the Monument in Charlestown, in honor of that event, notwithstanding the shocking fact that we have more than three million of chattel slaves in this boasted land of freedom, and are more eager to extend and support the slave system than all the interest of freedom put together! As a nation we are the vilest of hypocrites, as well as the worst of oprressors….” 1