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William Lloyd Garrison: What you demand for yourselves, in virtue of your manhood, I demand for the enslaved at the South, on the same ground.

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What you demand for yourselves, in virtue of your manhood, I demand for the enslaved at the South, on the same ground.
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William Lloyd Garrison

Editor's note · Context

Garrison draws a parallel between the rights of free men and the rights of enslaved individuals, demanding equality for all.

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