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My crime is that i will not go with the multitude to do evil. my singularity is that when i say that freedom is of god and slavery is of the devil, i mean just what i say. my fanaticism is that i insist on the american people abolishing slavery, or ceasing to prate on the rights of man.
-William Lloyd Garrison
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My Crime Is That I Will Not

William Lloyd Garrison
My crime is that i will not go with the multitude to do evil. my singularity is that when i say that freedom is of god and slavery is of the devil, i mean just what i say. my fanaticism is that i insist on the american people abolishing slavery, or ceasing to prate on the rights of man.
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