On the record
The wealth, the enterprise, the literature, the politics, the religion of the land, are all combined to give extension and perpetuity to the Slave Power.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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gutenberg.orgWilliam Lloyd Garrison: “The wealth, the enterprise, the literature, the politics, the religion of the land, are all combined to give extension…”
Editor's note · Context
Garrison asserts that all aspects of society are complicit in perpetuating the institution of slavery.
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They can never be reconciled--never walk together--never consent to a truce--never deal in honeyed phrases--never worship at the same altar--never acknowledge the same God.
No insult or outrage, no deed of impiety or blood, on the part of the South, can startle us into resistance, or inspire us with self-respect.
Cotton is in their ears--blinds are over their eyes--padlocks are upon their lips.
It is not a question of probabilities, but of time.