Authors: William Lloyd Garrison

1825–1860

On the Constitution and the Union

Source: William Lloyd Garrison, “The Great Crisis,” The Liberator, 52, 2 (December 29, 1832), 206–207. . . . There is much declamation about the sacredness of the compact which was

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1825–1860

Consistent Democracy

Source: Consistent Democracy. The Elective Franchise for Women. Twenty-Five Testimonies of Prominent Men (Worcester, 1858), 4 pp., Susan B. Anthony Collection and National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection, Library of

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1825–1860

On the Constitution and the Union

Source: William Lloyd Garrison, “The Great Crisis,” The Liberator, 52, 2 (December 29, 1832), 206–207. . . . There is much declamation about the sacredness of the compact which was

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1825–1860

Truisms

1. All men are born equal, and entitled to protection, excepting those whose skins are black and hair woolly; or, to prevent mistake, excepting Africans, and their descendants. 2. If

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1860–1877

The War—Its Cause and Cure

Eighty-five years ago, the war-cry of “INDEPENDENCE” rang throughout all the American Colonies, and a united people took up arms to sunder their connection forever with the mother country. The

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1825–1860

The American Union

Tyrants of the old world! contemners of the rights of man! disbelievers in human freedom and equality! enemies of mankind! console not yourselves with the delusion, that REPUBLICANISM and the

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