On the record
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
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gutenberg.orgWhat you demand for yourselves, in virtue of your manhood, I demand for the enslaved at the South, on the same ground.
Garrison draws a parallel between the rights of free men and the rights of enslaved individuals, demanding equality for all.
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