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They are the logic of Bedlam, the morality of the pirate ship, the diabolism of the pit.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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gutenberg.orgWilliam Lloyd Garrison: “They are the logic of Bedlam, the morality of the pirate ship, the diabolism of the pit.”
Editor's note · Context
This vivid metaphor illustrates Garrison's disdain for the flawed logic supporting slavery.
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I do not know how to worship God and Mammon at the same time.
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.
If they were cut loose from their friends at the North (friends that ought to be, and without them, the South had no friends), whither were they to look for protection?