William Lloyd Garrison: “Convince me that one man may rightfully make another man his slave…”

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Convince me that one man may rightfully make another man his slave, and I will no longer subscribe to the Declaration of Independence.

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Garrison challenges the morality of slavery by invoking the Declaration of Independence.

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The present American Union, therefore, is only one in form, not in reality.

How can they administer the same Government, or legislate for the same interests?

No alliance with Abolitionists, either in Church or State!" The issue is clear, explicit, determinate.

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William Lloyd Garrison: “Convince me that one man may rightfully make another man his slave, and I will no longer subscribe to the Declaration of…”