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What you demand for yourselves, in virtue of your manhood, I demand for the enslaved at the South, on the same ground.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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gutenberg.orgWilliam Lloyd Garrison: “What you demand for yourselves, in virtue of your manhood, I demand for the enslaved at the South, on the same ground.”
Editor's note · Context
Garrison draws a parallel between the rights of free men and the rights of enslaved individuals, demanding equality for all.
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By the Declaration of Independence, he is pronounced a man-stealer.
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