Garrison treated slavery as a crime, repudiating all creeds, churches, and parties which taught or accepted the doctrine that an innocent human being, however black or down-trodden, was not the equal of every other and entitled to the same inalienable rights.
This statement emphasizes Garrison's strong moral stance against slavery and his rejection of any ideology that undermines human equality.
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