Political Quotes

William Lloyd Garrison: The Northwest Territory, Nebraska, Mexico, Cuba, Hayti, the Sandwich Islands, and colonial possessions in the…

On the record
The Northwest Territory, Nebraska, Mexico, Cuba, Hayti, the Sandwich Islands, and colonial possessions in the tropics--to seize and subjugate these to its accursed reign, and ultimately to re-establish the foreign Slave Trade as a lawful commerce, are among its settled designs.
Said by
William Lloyd Garrison

Editor's note · Context

Garrison outlines the territorial ambitions of the pro-slavery forces in the United States.

Share

More from William Lloyd Garrison

It is not a question of probabilities, but of time.

gutenberg.org

I do not know how to worship God and Mammon at the same time.

gutenberg.org

And whom will a just God hold responsible for all these results?

gutenberg.org

Convince me that one man may rightfully make another man his slave, and I will no longer subscribe to the Declaration of Independence.

gutenberg.org