On the record
In vain are their sufferings portrayed, their wrongs rehearsed, their rights defended.
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William Lloyd Garrison
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gutenberg.orgWilliam Lloyd Garrison: “In vain are their sufferings portrayed, their wrongs rehearsed, their rights defended.”
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Garrison argues that the portrayal of suffering and the defense of rights are ignored in the face of slavery.
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