It detested slavery exposed hypocrisy and wickedness in high places—made no truce with the traffickers in the bodies and souls of men; it preached human brotherhood, denounced oppression, and, with all the solemnity of God’s word, demanded the complete emancipation of my race.
Douglass enumerates the core principles and powerful impact of William Lloyd Garrison's abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator.
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