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Has not the experience of two centuries shown that gradualism in theory is perpetuity in practice? Is there an instance, in the history of the world, where slaves have been educated for freedom by their task-masters?
William Lloyd Garrison
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William Lloyd Garrison
Age: 73 †
Born: 1805
Born: December 12
Died: 1879
Died: May 24
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No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man.
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