William Lloyd Garrison: “Does matter govern spirit? or is mind Degraded by the form to which 'tis joined?”

Hence, I cannot but regard oppression in every form--and most of all, that which turns a man into a thing--with indignation and abhorrence.

For one church that excludes the human enslaver from its communion table, multitudes extend to him the right hand of religious fellowship.

How can they receive the same baptism, be admitted to the same communion-table, believe in the same Gospel, and obtain the same heavenly inheritance?

They who desire me to be dumb on the subject of Slavery, unless I will open my mouth in its defence, ask me to give the lie to my professions, to degrade my manhood, and to stain my soul.