William Lloyd Garrison: “Why should there not be twenty, thirty, fifty Slave States, as well as…”

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Why should there not be twenty, thirty, fifty Slave States, as well as fifteen?

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William Lloyd Garrison

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Garrison provocatively questions why the number of slave states should be limited, highlighting the absurdity of the argument against expansion.

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Cotton is in their ears--blinds are over their eyes--padlocks are upon their lips.

By the Declaration of Independence, he is pronounced a man-stealer.

Convince me that one man may rightfully make another man his slave, and I will no longer subscribe to the Declaration of Independence.

For one church that excludes the human enslaver from its communion table, multitudes extend to him the right hand of religious fellowship.

William Lloyd Garrison: “Why should there not be twenty, thirty, fifty Slave States, as well as fifteen?”