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I deny the right--I acknowledge not the property!
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William Lloyd Garrison
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gutenberg.orgWilliam Lloyd Garrison: “I deny the right--I acknowledge not the property!”
Editor's note · Context
Garrison firmly rejects the notion of slave ownership, asserting that no one has the right to claim another as property.
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