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Why is it not as easy to buy, breed, inherit, and make slaves in this State, compatible with benevolence, justice, and right, as it is in Carolina or Georgia?
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William Lloyd Garrison
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Garrison critiques the moral implications of slavery, questioning its compatibility with justice and benevolence.
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