We see our free coloured citizens incarcerated in Southern prisons, or sold on the auction-block, for no other crime than that of being found on Southern soil; and we dare not call for redress.
Garrison condemns the imprisonment and sale of free Black citizens in the South, calling for justice.
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And whom will a just God hold responsible for all these results?
Convince me that one man may rightfully make another man his slave, and I will no longer subscribe to the Declaration of Independence.