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Yet I know that God reigns, and that the slave system contains within itself the elements of destruction.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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gutenberg.orgWilliam Lloyd Garrison: “Yet I know that God reigns, and that the slave system contains within itself the elements of destruction.”
Editor's note · Context
Garrison expresses faith that the institution of slavery will ultimately lead to its own destruction.
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