“The compact which exists between the North and the South is a covenant with death and an agreement with hell.”

— William Lloyd Garrison

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About William Lloyd Garrison

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William Lloyd Garrison was a prominent American abolitionist, journalist, suffragist, and social reformer who dedicated his life to the anti-slavery movement. He is most famous for his abolitionist newspaper, The...

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