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By the Declaration of Independence, he is pronounced a man-stealer.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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gutenberg.orgWilliam Lloyd Garrison: “By the Declaration of Independence, he is pronounced a man-stealer.”
Editor's note · Context
Garrison invokes the Declaration of Independence to label slaveholders as criminals against humanity.
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