The Abolitionists |
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No Slavery! Fourth of July!
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After fighting for the abolition of slavery for 25 years, William Lloyd Garrison believed the Republic had been corrupted from the start. On July 4, 1854 in Massachusetts, he burned a copy of the constitution. "The Constitution of the United States of America is the source and parent of all the other atrocities: 'a covenant with death, and an agreement with Hell.'"