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William Lloyd Garrison: “Every slave is a stolen man; every slaveholder is a man-stealer.”

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Every slave is a stolen man; every slaveholder is a man-stealer.
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William Lloyd Garrison

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Garrison powerfully declares that every enslaved person is a victim of theft, and every slaveholder is a criminal.

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