On the record
For one rebuke of the man-stealer, a thousand denunciations of the Abolitionists are heard.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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gutenberg.orgWilliam Lloyd Garrison: “For one rebuke of the man-stealer, a thousand denunciations of the Abolitionists are heard.”
Editor's note · Context
Garrison notes the disproportionate backlash against abolitionists compared to the condemnation of slaveholders.
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