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William Lloyd Garrison: My fanaticism is, that I insist on the American people abolishing Slavery, or ceasing to prate of the rights of man.

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My fanaticism is, that I insist on the American people abolishing Slavery, or ceasing to prate of the rights of man.
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William Lloyd Garrison

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Garrison emphasizes the urgency of abolishing slavery as a moral imperative for America.

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