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Put not on the list of your friends, nor allow admission to your domestic circle, the man who on principle defends Slavery, but treat him as a moral leper.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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gutenberg.orgWilliam Lloyd Garrison: “Put not on the list of your friends, nor allow admission to your domestic circle, the man who on principle defends…”
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Garrison warns against associating with those who defend slavery, likening them to moral outcasts.
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