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He hated slavery with the animosity of a regular Puritan, and when he talked about it everybody listened.
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gutenberg.orgGeorge Julian: “He hated slavery with the animosity of a regular Puritan, and when he talked about it everybody listened.”
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Julian describes Lovejoy's intense hatred for slavery and the attention he commanded when discussing it.
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